A NOT-FOR-PROFIT pilot program designed to create innovative solutions for dementia respite care through nature-based activities has gotten the green light from it’s participants. Launched…
CHANCES for Children, the charitable arm of Mallee Family Care, has announced the latest round of scholarship recipients. Across the region 14 young people have been given financial backing, with…
A MILDURA teenager displayed “pretty ordinary" behaviour towards her care workers who she threatened to kill while on a court-imposed probation order, a Children’s Court has been told. A magistrate…
A FOUNDING member of a local food co-operative has been recognised as one of five community leaders in Australia supporting the lives of migrant and refugee women. The AMES Australia…
APPLICATIONS for Schedule 3 Permits to Burn are open for some regional areas to support agriculture operations. The Mildura Rural City is currently permitted to conduct burn offs for agricultural…
AN unfortunate mishap at Pooncarie’s Port Pitstop saw its diesel pump wretched from the ground after a driver hit the road with the bowser still attached to the car. The…
THE reopening of the Mildura Landfill has been pushed back a week as municipal staff are waiting for the remaining flood water to evaporate. A downpour at the beginning of…
A PUSH to make vendors responsible for pre-sale property inspections is a promising bid to win over younger voters ahead of a tightly contested state election, a pollster has said.…
A CORONER has exonerated paramedics, hospital staff and the Department for Correctional Services over the care provided to a former Merbein man whose compliance with medication for health ailments was…
Mortgage holders are being warned interest rates could hit a 15-year high by the end of the year, as surging oil prices prompt all four big banks to tip an…
A YOUNG man alleged to have gone on a theft spree including filling a stolen vehicle with petrol paid for by a stolen bank card has been refused bail. The…
