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Firefighting skills put to test at Forest Fire Management training session
NEW recruits are being put to the test this week, as 43 firefighters learn how to protect their community as temperatures start to soar.The annual…
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Block banks guarantee to save Darling River emergency reserve
WATERNSW has given landholders upstream of Pooncarie a guarantee work to build two more block banks to save an emergency reserve of water in the…
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High rise on Deakin Avenue: Three-storey development proposed for Mildura CBD
MILDURA Council planning staff are considering a proposed $4.9 million three-storey development for the corner of Ninth Street and Deakin Avenue, having already refused a…
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VIDEO: Mildura car fire, truck crash believed to be unrelated
INCIDENTS involving a car fire and a truck crashing into a power pole on the corner of Fifteenth and San Mateo avenue about 5pm today are…
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Down the years: A glimpse of German surrender
100 years agoNOTED: Mr J. Dwyer, AWU agent, reported that three girls were making only seven shillings a day during harvest and as far as…
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Alleged grandma robber denied bail
A ROBINVALE man charged with robbing his grandmother while armed with a machete has been refused bail.Mildura Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard Christopher Egan, 28, had…
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Heavy battles in country regions
DISTANCE lived from a major city influences factors including diet, physical activity and obesity, putting Mildura residents at a significant health disadvantage.According to a recent…
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Shearer remanded
A MERBEIN man accused of splitting open his partner’s lip by throwing his phone at her has claimed he didn’t mean to injure her.The man…
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Murray office opens in Buronga
A NEW Murray electorate office is now open in Buronga’s Midway Centre.Member for Murray Austin Evans was given approval in May for the third electorate…
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Remembrance Day 2018: Settling history
THIS year’s Remembrance Day will be a special one for Merbein residents.Not only will it commemorate the centenary of the Armistice that ended World War…
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Tankers at the ready for hot Sunraysia days ahead
CFA brigades across Sunraysia will boost the number of tankers responding fires in the region from three to five tomorrow and Friday in preparation for…
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Never too young to care for the elderly
WHEN Katelyn Smith began volunteering at Jacaranda Village as a Year 8 student she never imagined it would lead to a career.The 18-year-old recently completed…











