VICTORIA will ease further out of COVID-19 restrictions from 11.59pm tomorrow night.

HAMILTON Gallery might be shut while a new lift is installed and roof damage from a storm in January is repaired, but behind closed doors, something is always underway.

WHILE most regional businesses begin to rebound from Victoria’s fourth COVID-19 forced lockdown, the tourism industry continues to struggle.

CASTERTON’S world-famous Premier Working Dog Auction was the icing on the cake for Edenhope’s David and Sarah Lee, who, for the second time in as many months, broke records for working dog sales.

TWO Vietnamese nationals arrested during a raid on a cannabis grow house in Hamilton last year will spend a further five months in jail for their roles as “crop sitters”.

JACKIE Peacock is in Alice Springs ready for the Finke Desert Race that starts this weekend - although the fortnight leading up to the event has gone substantially different than planned.

RESIDENTS will have a second opportunity to share their thoughts on the shire’s plan to sell a vacant block of land used as an “informal community space”.

THE Western District Health Service (WDHS) will have 600 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine available for people aged 40-49 next week.

HEYWOOD Rural Health is calling on the community to let it know if they want the coronavirus vaccination in the town after being limited in its ability to offer the jabs as dozens of locals sit on a waiting list. HRH is looking to organise a public vaccination clinic (or clinics) for anyone aged over […]

PORTLAND Secondary College’s tree planting program is moving forward in its bush area, with 240 trees due to be planted today. The bush area, toward the northern end of PSC’s main campus, forms part of an important bush corridor, a sort of highway for wildlife moving through the area. Led by PSC gardener Tilly Govanstone […]