VICTORIA’S will remain in lockdown beyond Thursday with premier, Daniel Andrews stating on Sunday there were too many cases to consider lifting the lockdown.

A SCHOOL of just eight students enjoyed a trip which had to be timed perfectly, when the Merino Consolidated School visited the snow slopes at Mount Buller.

THERE won’t be a Rotary Art Show for the second straight year, with organisers this week making the decision to cancel the event due to uncertainties posed by the current COVID-19 situation.

JUST over halfway through the three-week Cobber Challenge, local kelpie Skyblue Jack has been streaking ahead of the field in the competition to decide the hardest working farm dog in Australia and New Zealand.

JOINING the vaccine queue at Western District Health Service (WDHS) on Thursday were a number of teenage Greater Hamilton residents, who were finally able to receive Pfizer doses following the decision to lower the age of availability to those aged 16 years and older.

THE Livestock and Rural Transporters Association of Victoria (LRTAV) has this week expressed its disappointment at inconsistencies in COVID-19 testing requirements for interstate freight workers to premier, Daniel Andrews.

AFTER battling testicular cancer twice, Neil O’Donnell has developed an appreciation for Daffodil Day and is hoping the rest of the community can help in the fight against cancer.

TWO men have been taken to hospital with non-serious injuries after rolling their truck near Macarthur on Tuesday morning.

WESTERN Victoria MP, Bev McArthur believes the State Government needs to have a better look at where it has dedicated its road safety funding.

THE Southern Grampians had its largest number of “lights and sirens” ambulance call outs in almost seven years over the three months from April to June, according to response time data from Ambulance Victoria.