A PATCHED member of the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang was arrested at a Macarthur property in the early hours of Tuesday morning and was charged with a string of firearm and drug related offences.

GLENELG Shire Mayor Anita Rank has been re-elected to serve a sixth straight term in the top job, but a changing of the guard was hinted at in her new deputy. For the fourth year in a row Cr Rank was elected to the top job by defeating Casterton-based councillor Karen Stephens 4-3, in a […]

A BURST water main in Hamilton at the corner of Tyers and Kitchener Street, caused disruptions on Sunday night.

otorcycle Club hosts its parade to raise money for the Western District Health Service’s (WDHS) MRI appeal.

A UNIQUE Portland home for the disabled children of veterans has marked 25 years of existence, but plans are in place for a public celebration when coronavirus restrictions allow. Blair House was opened in October 1996, the first (and only) home in Victoria funded by the RSL for the purpose. It was the culmination of […]

THE community will come together at the Melville Oval cenotaph this morning to remember all the Australian soldiers who lost their lives at war.

PORTLAND Aluminium has announced it will increase its capacity by 35,000 tonnes a year, in a further boost to the smelter’s long-term prospects. The decision will also be a massive boost for the local jobs market, with the smelter seeking 30 new employees for its own staff, and another 50 likely to be filled by […]

VARIETY – the Children’s Charity will receive a local donation at the end of the month when 10-year-old Coleraine girl Abi Pederick-Stewart cuts and donates her hair so it can be made into a wig.

NO new mayor was elected at Tuesday’s Moyne Shire ordinary council meeting in strange circumstances, which led to Councillor Daniel Meade being appointed as acting mayor for a period of at least another two weeks.

SENIOR secondary students in the region have plenty of opportunities at their fingertips with local employers generously offering placements to support students through their senior years’ pathway programs.