ROBUST discussion ensued at Southern Grampians Shire Council’s (SGSC) last ordinary council meeting on Wednesday night before going into caretaker mode that starts at 12pm Tuesday, September 17 and runs until 6pm Saturday, October 26.

HIDDEN cameras have sparked outrage among rock climbers and bush walkers following reports that visitors in the Grampians/Gariwerd National Park were being monitored.

SEVERE winds kept Hamilton SES crews busy on Sunday evening when the first of several calls for assistance came in just after midnight.

POINTS of Order were hotly contested at Monday night’s unscheduled Southern Grampians Shire Council meeting, with Cr Bruach Colliton saying he felt like he was in an episode of ABC-TV’s ‘Utopia’ at one point.

A COLAC prime mover driver who contested the Federal seat of Wannon at the last election has called out the Victorian Government for its tardiness on fixing sensors on the Glenelg Highway at an intersection near Dunkeld.

WE often hear of the challenges of guiding the next generation of younger community members, the challenges parents, schools, and communities face in guiding our young people through adolescence.

CONCERNS over a possible merger of regional health services in western Victoria are mounting with worried locals urged to attend a second protest rally organised for Warrnambool on Friday, August 16 at the Civic Green at 1pm.

A COUNTRYWIDE and global search has commenced to obtain architects to design the New Hamilton Gallery (NHG).

THE Victorian Government has earmarked western Victoria including the region around Hamilton as one of the state’s primary renewable energy zones, touted for new transmission lines, wind turbines and solar farms.

LOCAL residents have recently had to rug up as a blast of chilly wind and rain has hit the town.