RURAL Industries Skill Training (RIST) proudly celebrated an important milestone last week for the Class of 2023, with a graduation ceremony marking the completion of their studies in a range of agricultural courses.

VICTORIA Police have released the report of Operation Nexus, which detected an alarming 8238 traffic offences across the state over the Easter long weekend.

THE quiet little hamlet of Condah has outdone itself again having blown last year’s fundraising effort out of the water for the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Good Friday Appeal.

PEGGY Tuffnell reached 103 on Tuesday April 2. What an incredible milestone.

AIMING to get men to “read more, talk more and have more friends”, the local chapter of the Tough Guy Book Club has been reliably getting eight to 12 men to their monthly meeting, with just two rules to follow - effectively summarised as no work talk, and no rubbish talk.

THIS Sunday marks the ending of daylight saving at 3am, and the Country Fire Authority (CFA) and Fire Rescue Victoria (FRV) are reminding all Victorians to also check their smoke alarms when setting the clock back an hour.

HAMILTON local, Bailey Morton was fishing in Port MacDonnell, South Australia last weekend when he caught a potentially record-breaking Southern bluefin tuna.

AFTER conflict over its original location, electrical vehicle charging station, Evie, has now been relocated from its original home, the RSL memorial site, next to the Hamilton Visitor Information Center.

CLOSURE of the Glenthompson Outdoor Swimming Pool has been recommended to the Southern Grampians Shire Council via a management report and has been listed as the first agenda item ahead of next week’s ordinary meeting.

A RECENT report from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) analysing data from the Federal Government’s Jobs and Skills Australia (JSA) department has reported a significant downturn in jobs advertised in regional Victoria in the 12 months to February 2024, the worst performing area in the country.