AT the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the country units to remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.

THE Southern Grampians Shire and the Hamilton Regional Business Association (HRBA) are encouraging the community to shop local with their Click for Christmas campaign.

WESTERN District Health Service (WDHS) is confident its COVID-19 staff screening and testing protocols are keeping the community safe from the virus.

A PENSHURST man has been sentenced to nine months in jail for his involvement in a ram raid that cause almost $200,000 worth of damage to a Warrnambool shopping centre.

HAMILTON Gallery will reopen this week, after a significant easing of Victorian COVID-19 restrictions.

THERE will be three new faces around the Glenelg Shire Council table while a long-serving councillor has lost his bid for re-election. Scott Martin, 40, Michael Carr, 35, and Jayden Smith, 25, were all elected after preferences were distributed yesterday, while Geoff White will no longer be at the table after 23 years as a […]

THERE are three ‘new’ faces on the Southern Grampians Shire Council, with the Victorian Electoral Commission declaring the shire’s election results on Thursday.

VICTORIA recorded its seventh consecutive day of zero new COVID-19 cases and no deaths on Friday. Western District Health Service (WDHS) chief executive, Rohan Fitzgerald congratulated every Victorian for their hard work in driving down infections. He said residents should pause briefly to reflect on the success that had been achieved. “No active cases for […]

PETER Tew has seen a lot of change in his 50-year career with the Hamilton SES unit.

IT has been a year of missed birthdays, weddings, funerals and births but that should come to an end next week as the divide between metro Melbourne and regional Victoria comes down.