LOCALS who test positive to COVID-19 can now receive treatment closer to home, with the opening of a dedicated COVID-19 ward at Western District Health Service (WDHS).

A GROUP of former Portland mates are gearing up to run to save one of Australia’s largest temperate rainforests. Bec Lake is just one of 150 runners taking on the major event next month, and after a life time focusing on saving rainforests around the world, she has set her sights on her own backyard […]

VICTORIANS over the age of 18 are eligible to get their vital third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine after only three months instead of four, as the new American vaccine ‘Nuvaxovid’ was approved by the Federal Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

SOUTH West roads are back at the top of the hazardous and expensive headaches list for truck drivers, with potholed surfaces and overhanging limbs forcing operators away from roads specifically designated for heavy transport.

A SOUTH West farm has been the target of a cruel attack, with a vandal – or vandals – destroying kilometres of fencing around the property in addition to water troughs and tanks. Maneroo, which is located on the Princes Highway at Greenwald, is just shy of 1000ha and is home to around 800 head […]

OLIVER has once again proven to be Victoria’s most popular boys name chosen by parents last year, while Charlotte has clinched the top spot for girls.

IT was Groundhog Day for Heywood’s State Emergency Service crews last week as another major storm front hit the region almost exactly a week after a record-breaking storm lashed the South West on January 6. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for the South West on Thursday last week, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting […]

THE Hamilton History Centre was broken into again on Sunday night, with thieves smashing a section of the side door to gain access to the building.

THE relief John and Rhonda Crawford felt when the Final Grampians National Park Plan was released by Parks Victoria, stating that no dingoes would be reintroduced to the national park, has quickly evaporated.

KILLING kangaroos for commercial harvesting will be expanded this year after the State Government increased the quota by a third.