FARMERS in Hamilton and the surrounding district are facing drier conditions and having to adapt to the exceptionally tough environment in the region lately. Area-averaged rainfall for Victoria in March was 9.2 millimeters, which was 78 per cent below the 1961–1990 average, making it the seventh driest March on record and the driest since 1986. […]

A LOCAL company has been refining an innovative process to recycle surgical sterilisation wrap, collaborating with Hamilton Hospital and Nigretta of Hamilton to potentially expand the technique across the country.

AMONG the numerous enterprises of Coleraine couple, Julie and Paul Kos who have successfully patented smoked eggs, one half of the team, can now add television star to their résumé.

FOLLOWING the recent announcement by Australia Post (AusPost) to halve its letter delivery frequency to every second day, a leading university professor warned the impact on rural and regional areas may be significant.

GLENTHOMPSON community members along with three Southern Grampians Shire Councillors (SGSC) were left bereft after Wednesday night’s ordinary Council meeting when the vote to keep the Glenthompson War Memorial Swimming Pool open was lost, four votes in favour to close, three against.

THE Red Gums of the Dundas Tablelands are potentially under threat from a massive wind farm development stretching from Tahara in the south to Nareen in the north, a distance of some 40 kilometres.

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.

THRILLED to surpass last year’s fundraising efforts was the Hamilton contingency of the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday appeal this year.

THE new Australian Biosecurity Protection Levy passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday and was immediately met with a chorus of criticism from farmers, agricultural groups and the Federal Opposition.

FOUR men aged between 20 and 55 were arrested last week in Coleraine after a successful police raid uncovered more than a dozen illegal plants grown across several properties.