PORTLAND is now home to one of the world’s largest puzzles after a Glenelg shire resident completed the project earlier this month. Portland Secondary College principal Jo Kindred started the 51,300-piece puzzle at the beginning of the COVID pandemic which features the 27 wonders of the world including the recognisable Great Barrier Reef, Chichen Itza […]

AFTER 31 years of teaching at Bundarra Primary School, Sandra Logan, this week, retires to take the next step in her life. Ms Logan first began her teaching career in 1981 at Warrnambool Primary School and spent six years there before a move to to Portland South Primary School where she spent the three years. […]

NERVES were in the air on Thursday, as the Class of 2021 received their Australian Tertiary Admission Rankings (ATAR) results at the bright and early hour of 7am.

EVERY Thursday morning, at 9am on the dot - rain, hail or shine, but not wind - an informal group of cyclists has been meeting at the Ansett Museum for three years to ride to Tarrington’s Café Catalpa for their morning coffee.

AN official opening ceremony was held for the Portland Town Jetty this week, with Glenelg Shire councillors and members of the public gathering to celebrate the occasion. The $1.5 million project, funded by the State Government’s Building Works program, saw the former popular site reinstated with a 175-metre-long floating pontoon. The all-abilities jetty has designated […]

TONY DOYLE has been appointed the new permanent chief executive officer of the Southern Grampians Shire Council.

reasing from 866 to 780 total incidents, according to the latest data released from the Crime Statistics Agency.

THE wait was finally over this week with Year 12 students in Glenelg Shire waking up on Thursday morning ready to receive their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) results. Almost 65,000 students across the state took part in the process with 50,723 students will graduating with their VCE […]

HEYWOOD’S water tower war memorial had its grand opening on Wednesday, The mural, dedicated to Gunditjmara servicemen and women in the South West, ensures First Nations’ peoples part in Australia's war history is honoured for generations to come. The mural depicts Gunditjmara brothers, Privates Herbert, Frederick, Edward and Leonard Lovett who enlisted and served in […]

A NATIONAL survey completed by Deakin University revealed more than half of people who do not read local newspapers believe they are essential to their communities.