Local Australia Day celebrations to go ahead
AUSTRALIA Day in the Southern Grampians Shire will look a little different than normal next week, but several towns will push ahead with organised community events.
Trafficking conviction recorded
A HAMILTON woman found with more than half a kilogram of cannabis has been convicted of drug trafficking last week.
Mask rules ease and office workers return
MORE Victorian workers will return to the office on Monday and masks rules will also relax, as the state recorded its ninth consecutive day without a locally acquired COVID-19 case on Friday.
Local firies cross the border to help contain blaze
TWO CFA strike teams made up of volunteer firefighters have returned home after helping South Australia’s Country Fire Service’s (CFS) respond to a large...
Charity house back up for grabs
AFTER selling in 2014 as part of the Western District Health Services (WDHS) Watermark Charity House auction, 3 Edradour View, Hamilton is back on...
VTAC releases first round tertiary offers
THE Hamilton and Alexandra College (THAC) 2020 dux, Tess Dempsey, was among 48,676 people who received a first-round tertiary course offer on Thursday.
After completing...
Sentence appealed
A HAMILTON man has been released on bail while he appeals his prison sentence for assaulting his former partner during an argument over alcohol.
Reichman to lead Eagles in 2021
AFTER a break over the festive season, football clubs around the region are returning to training, but at Hawkesdale-Macarthur they are returning to a new leader.
New unit focuses on illegal firearms
VICTORIA Police has formed a new unit dedicated to ensuring illegal firearms aren’t falling into the hands of criminals.
One week of no local acquisition
IT has now been a week since Victoria recorded its last locally acquired case of COVID-19, following the Black Rock cluster late last year.
Storm damage delays new store opening
HAMILTON’S Brown Bird Haus will reopen in its original store after moving efforts to the new location were hampered by last week’s storm.
Wearing seatbelts a “no brainer”
OVER the past decade, 268 Victorian road fatalities involved occupants not wearing a seatbelt, with 67 per cent of those happening in regional Victoria.
7 mill centre on the cards
Relief for young families struggling to find childcare is on the way.
Following the design, build and imminent opening of Bright Start Childcare and...
