FREIGHT trains are expected to become a more common sight coming through Hamilton in the future following the announcement of a Federal Budget commitment on Tuesday night of an upgrade investment of $150 million for the 172-kilometre Maroona to Portland line.

PORTLAND Secondary College (PSC) held a Student Services Showcase last Friday on Do It For Dolly Day, engaging students on the topic of mental health.

THE Crystal Lee Foundation has opened a new opportunity shop at 75 Thompson Street, Hamilton.

TREASURER, Jim Chalmers has delivered his third Budget and second surplus since coming to office in 2022 with the cost-of-living crisis and getting inflation down front and centre of his rhetoric on Tuesday night.

THE National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) in Hamilton will be able to continue supporting the safety and wellbeing of farmers across the country after the state Victorian Government backflipped and was forced to correct its decision to not fund the centre.

GLENELG Shire Council has appointed its new chief executive officer.

THE trail around Fawthrop Lagoon will be a river of neon on Saturday (May 18) when Portland Parkrun participants celebrate a special event.

A NEW project to improve the habitat and numbers of one of Australia’s most critically endangered molluscs, the Glenelg Freshwater Mussel (GFM) only found in south-west Victoria, has been announced as part of Australian Government investment for threatened species.

THE Dunkeld Progress Association has put out ‘The Big Dunkeld Survey’ intended for Dunkeld residents and business owners to advocate their priorities for the community back to Council.

PORTLAND’S property market has cooled from the red-hot run during the pandemic.