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  • 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…

  • Red Cliffs CFA centenary

    Red Cliffs CFA centenary

    AN old paging siren rang out in Red Cliffs on Saturday to mark 100 years of the town’s fire brigade. Members of the community were…

  • Far West power works continue

    Far West power works continue

    AN enormous reconstruction effort is under way at Broken Hill where specialist crews are working around the clock to repair the 3.5-kilometre section of the…

  • Goanna run takes scenic route

    Goanna run takes scenic route

    THE 50th anniversary of Desert City Rodders drew quite a crowd over the weekend for the annual Goanna Run. Sunday’s Show ‘n’ Shine saw Nowingi…

  • Late mail arrives in council vote

    Late mail arrives in council vote

    VOTERS in the Mildura municipal ward with the smallest enrolment appear to be the most politically disengaged, or the slowest to make up their minds.…

  • CFA, SES units get funding

    CFA, SES units get funding

    SEVERAL volunteer first responder groups in the region are set to benefit from the latest round of Volunteer Emergency Services Equipment Program funding. The grant…

  • Heritage plan for 2500-year-old tree

    Heritage plan for 2500-year-old tree

    PLANS to recognise the environmental heritage of a 2500-year-old tree in Mourquong are now on public exhibition. Wentworth Shire Council had given notice of a…

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