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  • X-ray service returns to Ouyen

    X-ray service returns to Ouyen

    AFTER more than 10 years without an x-ray service, Ouyen Hospital now has the form of diagnostic imaging available again. Provided by Mallee Track Health…

  • Red Cliffs to get new state-run childcare

    Red Cliffs to get new state-run childcare

    RED Cliffs is set to have a new Victorian Government-run childcare centre in 2027. The local announcement, made on Tuesday, was included in a wider…

  • Floods bring lake back to life

    Floods bring lake back to life

    ONE of the enduring happy consequences of the 2022-23 flood event is the revival of Fletchers Lake near Dareton. Last filled in 1976, the usually…

  • Search still on for mystery winner

    Search still on for mystery winner

    MORE than a week after the lucky numbers dropped, the search is still on for an as yet unknown lotto winner. The $1.26 million winning…

  • Local advocate’s noble cause

    Local advocate’s noble cause

    A YOUNG victim-survivor advocate hailing from Mildura recently met Queen Camilla at a discussion on domestic and family violence. Conor Pall has been using his…

  • Make a difference this Christmas

    Make a difference this Christmas

    WITH the festive season just around the corner, one local welfare agency is launching its annual Christmas appeal. On Monday, the Mallee Family Care Christmas…

  • Rail petition chugs along

    Rail petition chugs along

    A PETITION calling for a two-year trial of a Mildura to Maryborough shuttle passenger train has reached more than 1000 signatures in less than a…

  • Advice issued for large Koorlong fire

    Advice issued for large Koorlong fire

    FIREFIGHTERS are working to bring a bushfire in the Koorlong and Merrinee area under control. According to a 5.16pm VicEmergency update, 19 emergency-service vehicles were…

  • Kudos for junior doctor

    Kudos for junior doctor

    A JUNIOR doctor who credits her training in Mildura as the best time of her medical degree has been named the 2024 Rural Doctors Association…

  • Pregnant with hope

    Pregnant with hope

    THE Victorian Government is eager to get more people in Sunraysia referred to the state’s free public fertility care service. It has been two years…

  • Fire not slowing developer down

    Fire not slowing developer down

    A FIRE in an abandoned building on Deakin Avenue in Mildura in late August has done little to slow down the owner’s plans for redevelopment…

  • Cable damage the cause of faulty boom gate

    Cable damage the cause of faulty boom gate

    A DAMAGED cable caused the boom gates and lights at the Eleventh Street/Benetook Avenue rail crossing to trigger without warning at least twice over the…

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