A REGIONAL passenger rail service will be critical to the area’s post pandemic recovery and to accommodate future population growth, according to a jointly released discussion paper.

GLENTHOMPSON Uniting Church is one of a number of disused country churches to go under the hammer at auction in recent years.

TEN south-west community organisations have received a share of $30,000 from United Way Glenelg to help fund health, education, and employment and skill initiatives.  Grants were awarded through a competitive request for funding, a process that takes over four months to complete. Proposals were assessed by donors who sit on a Volunteer Allocations Panel. The […]

AFTER receiving an air experience for her 15th birthday, Hamilton local, Anoushka de Chelard has soared to new heights with her gliding.

RESPECT and gender equality was the focus of the Year 10 students at The Hamilton and Alexandra College on Thursday, as they completed a workshop to promote respectful relationships and behaviours in young leaders.

PHIL van Wegen and wife Maria left Western Victoria back in 2016, telling family they’d be gone to Port Augusta, South Australia, for around 12 months - but that was five years ago.

ONLY a week now until the Tyrendarra Show and there are still cakes to bake, beers to brew and even horses of all breeds to prepare and prettify for the annual horse show. Just as in past Tyrendarra Shows, there will many horse events displaying the many talents the energetic animal can perform. Show horse […]

SIBLING duo, Jacko and Madi Whyte have been bringing joy to people’s day with their vibrant, acre crop of sunflowers on Leura Lane, Hamilton.

A GENEROUS benefactor and a local artist have seen $2000 added to the Western District Health Service (WDHS) MRI for U&I Appeal and one of the service’s volunteers recognised for more than five decades’ service.

AREAS around Greater Hamilton were invaded earlier in the week at evening and into the night by what one local referred to as the “annual bugmageddon”.