SUMMER is in full swing and the past couple of years have been difficult so, local jazz band, The Evergreens, are putting on a free event with some great, musical entertainment for the community on Sunday 27 February 2022.

IT was a close call for Tahara residents after an out-of-control grassfire threatened the town on Sunday.

SATURDAY’S 104th Tyrendarra Show was a great successful with a huge crowd flocking to the show after COVID-19 destroyed last year’s show. Tyrendarra Pastoral and Agricultural Society president Anne Burley said the show went marvellously and the weather was perfect for a day out. “The crowds were great, probably our second largest crowd ever,” she […]

ON Wednesday evening last week at the Southern Grampians Shire Council meeting, members enthusiastically endorsed and adopted the final Children’s Garden and Community Precinct Design for the Hamilton Botanic Gardens.

POLICE are investing the theft and complete destruction of a car in Casterton, after it was set alight in the early hours of Monday morning.

ALTHOUGH Valentine’s Day origins may have a dark and bloody past from ancient Roman times, yesterday it was more symbolic of love and romance celebrated with chocolates and flowers and handwritten notes.

DON Carlyon and Chris Carroll have decades of experience as lifeguards – but their latest rescue perhaps isn’t what they were expecting. With the Portland Leisure and Aquatic Centre not immune from a nationwide shortage of lifeguards, Mr Carlyon and Mr Carroll have come to the rescue. The pair have come out of retirement to […]

KEPPEL Prince Engineering and South West TAFE have had a long and productive partnership over the years, and that has never been better demonstrated than in recent weeks – in a way that promises a lot more jobs. The Portland heavy engineering company and the educator have joined forces in two separate ways. They have […]

LEARNING from home during COVID-19 lockdowns made the classroom feel worlds away for many school students but for The Hamilton and Alexandra College international boarders, Yong An Ly and Yong Soeung Ly, learning from home meant they were nearly 7000 kilometres from school.

ON a perfect February day last Sunday, the local community celebrated the long-awaited new jetty opening accompanied with fishing competitions, picnics and free food.