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FROM the Great Depression and World War II, to the moon landing and the invention of countless gadgets, today’s centenarians have seen the world change…

THE number of patrons allowed in licensed clubs is a sore point before the influx of tourists to Murray River communities during the festive season.…

MENTAL health, concerns about access to services, and feelings of loneliness are among a broad range of issues residents have identified based on more than…

A LAST-ditch effort to save Mildura’s Old ’36 substation on Deakin Avenue has failed, with the 84-year-old building demolished on Tuesday. A Change.org petition to…

MORE droughts and an increase in extreme fire weather are expected to ravage rural Victoria in the future as climate change becomes a harsh reality,…

PEEPS INTO THE PAST Presented by Mildura and District Historical Society. Compiled by Judi Hyde and Sue Kelly for the Mildura Rural City Council Library…

A SWAG of new stories about the lives of Sunraysia’s “oldies” are ready to read in the latest edition of Mallee Living Histories. The 437-page…

FIREFIGHTERS were kept busy across the weekend as high temperatures, strong winds and lightning strikes swept through the Mallee. A scrub fire south west of…

THE Mildura State Emergency Service received more than 20 calls for help as gale-force winds passed through the region on Sunday night. Wind gusts of…

A REPORT will be prepared for the coroner after a man’s body was pulled from the Murray River at Mildura on Sunday. Emergency services were…

PEEPS INTO THE PAST 8 – 14 November 2020 Presented by Mildura and District Historical Society. Compiled by Ann Ziguras and Sue Kelly for the…

In the first of a “Lunch with …” series, which will feature some of Sunraysia’s quiet achievers and most influential people, MATT TAYLOR had the…