A 62-YEAR-OLD man spent a windy night in his tent on Friday night when he became lost between Nelson and Lake Mombeong. The Warrnambool-region man was rescued by police helicopter on Saturday at about 11am and was reportedly in good health. A Victoria Police spokesperson said the man had started walking along a coastal section […]

SOUTH-WEST police were kept busy over the weekend, after a hiker went missing near Nelson on Friday.

MELBOURNE residents who own properties in the Southern Grampians Shire are now able to apply to visit the region get their properties prepared for bushfire season

REGIONAL Victorians will soon be able to attend indoor church services, hit the gym and use indoor swimming facilities as further easing of COVID-19 restrictions come into effect tomorrow.

LOCAL churches have been left frustrated by the State Government’s decision to not allow indoor gatherings at churches, while continuing to increase allowed indoor capacity for other venues.

JOEYS of one of the most endangered variety of wallaby have been spotted in the Grampians National Park during September and October.

FOREST Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) has been hard at working preparing the south-west for the upcoming bushfire season, with more than 160 firefighters to be supporting the region through the summer.

YOU might call it going back to the future, but that’s exactly what a local group of citizen scientists wants to do with the Dutton Way sea wall. The Portland Beach Safety and Restoration Alliance is pushing for the sea wall to be replaced by ‘whale tail’ (T-shaped) reef groynes, which it says has been […]

A HAMILTON man in his 50s was taken to hospital on Monday afternoon after crashing his vehicle into the United service station on Cox Street.

THE Hamilton Police Station is bursting at the seams, with seven new police officers assigned to the station since March and more still yet to come.