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LOCALS impacted by the October floods are now eligible for Federal Government disaster assistance after the payments were extended to include the Local Government Area (LGA) of Southern Grampians.

HOLIDAYMAKERS and those travelling to see family and friends this Christmas will see an increased police presence as officers target the main causes for road accidents during Operation Roadwise.

A COUPLE who were reported as missing in the Grampians on Sunday evening will get to spend Christmas with their families after they were located safe and well in Halls Gap on Monday afternoon.

THE Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) last week decided to allocate almost $170,000 of a Regional Airports Program grant to upgrade the Hamilton Airport in order to keep its level of certification current.

AN application to construct a Christian church on Mt Baimbridge Road by Grace Fellowship has been approved by the Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC), notwithstanding continued disapproval from members of the community.

THERE were no surprises in the election result on Saturday night for the seat of Lowan with The Nationals’ candidate and incumbent Emma Kealy securing a third term in the Victorian Parliament.

WITH a week still left to run in the season, Hamilton has broken its spring rainfall record with 335 millimetres up to 9am yesterday morning, the next-highest tally being 320mm in 1992.

THOUSANDS of locals and visitors braved the cold weather on Sunday and flooded the Hamilton Showgrounds to celebrate the long-awaited return of Sheepvention, after three years of COVID-19 cancellations.

LIVE viewing of platypus in their natural habitat at Hamilton’s Grange Burn is now possible following the official launch of a new online livestream camera - the Platycam.

HAMILTON was shivering this morning with the temperature at 4.2 degrees at 9am, with one weather source reporting a maximum today to get to only seven degrees.

IT was a dream come true for Narelle Frichot, competing in this year’s Boston Marathon last month.

Each year, International Women’s Day (IWD) provides an important opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary women across our community, this year The Spectator interviewed two local women to shine a light on the work being done closer to home to ‘Break the Bias’.