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Lewis Nancekivell

Riders ready to help save lives

MOTORCYCLE enthusiasts are set to embark on a 142-kilometre ride from Mildura to Patchewollock as a way of raising funds for a local suicide prevention hotline. The 11th annual Sunraysia Lifeline Project Ride, hosted by Lifeline Loddon Mallee, is set...

19 hours ago

Community

Australia Day set to sizzle

THE community is invited to come along and join in the festivities at Mildura’s annual Australia Day celebration this Sunday at Nowingi Place. Mayor Cr Helen Healy encouraged locals to bring a picnic blanket or lawn chair and enjoy the...

22 Jan 2025

News

Machinery fire at factory

EMERGENCY services were called out to Koorlong on Monday morning in response to a fire that broke out inside a factory. A 000 call was made at 10.54am, and by the time the CFA crew arrived at 11.10am, factory staff had fully evacuated the building...

22 Jan 2025

News

Kinder dream arrives for donor recipient

A THREE-year-old donor recipient from Robinvale is all set to start kindergarten, a milestone her family once feared they might never see. Jhanvi’s mother Vino Manisekaran said her daughter was brimming with excitement for her first day of...

19 Jan 2025

Farming and Environment

Wetlands suffer dry spell

WHAT was once a hotspot for birds and other wildlife now lay barren as parts of the Etiwanda Wetlands sit dry due to a lack of recent rainfall. Like other wetlands in the region, they rely on the frequency of rain events to remain intermittently or...

18 Jan 2025

Community

Christmas light winners revealed

THIS year’s Christmas Lights Map and Competition winners were announced on Friday. Run by Mildura Rural City Council in partnership with the Sunraysia Daily, the competition encouraged residents to decorate their properties and register their...

18 Jan 2025

Health

Grants given to GP trainees

NINE grants were awarded to medical trainees in Mildura as a part of the Victorian Government’s push to development and retain more general practitioners in the state. The $32 million program handed out 400 grants worth up to $40,000, with another...

17 Jan 2025

News

Awards honour Roadsafe

COMMUNITY Roadsafe Mildura’s efforts earned the group a spot among the 21 finalists at this year’s Victorian WorkSafe Awards. The group was one of four Occupational Health and Safety Leadership/Achievement category finalists. The not-for-profit...

17 Jan 2025

Community

25 years taking on the fitness world

A LOCALLY owned and operated gym that began as a couple’s dream is celebrating a quarter-of-a-century of supporting the people of Sunraysia on their fitness journeys. When they started Club Aquarius owner John Hollywood said he and his wife...

17 Jan 2025

News

Swift response to unit fire

FIREFIGHTERS responded to a unit fire on Walnut Avenue in Mildura on Tuesday evening following a call to 000.A Fire Rescue Victoria spokesperson said crews were dispatched at 7.38pm and arrived within four minutes. The Country Fire Authority was...

17 Jan 2025

Health

Help fight prostate cancer

PROSTATE Cancer Foundation of Australia representatives are calling for people to participate in the charity’s campaign to raise awareness of the disease and funding for research. Organisation chief executive Anne Savage said people who wish to make...

16 Jan 2025

News

Airshow to take flight

PEOPLE have the chance to see some high-flying action at Wentworth in mid-March for the AusFly airshow. Sport Aircraft Association of Australia president Myles Breitkreutz said the event will not only be a celebration of all things aviation but will...

16 Jan 2025