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Denika Anderson

Refugee soars with medi-flight support

A YOUNG Congolese refugee with an immunocompromised condition has received specialist care thanks to resettlement and humanitarian agency AMES Australia and medical charity Angel Flight. Aisha Masumbuko, who arrived in Australia with her family in...

9 hours ago

Education

Chaffey scheduled for maintenance

FOUR schools in the Mallee region will receive a share in more than $47.9 million of funding statewide for maintenance projects from the Victorian Government. Money allocated to Chaffey Secondary College, Kerang and Koondrook primaries, and Cohun...

9 hours ago

News

Excel-lent trainee awarded employee of the month

A BUSINESS administration trainee has been crowned Sunraysia Regional Consulting’s employee of the month for December 2024. Grace Kelly commenced employment through Sunraysia Murray Group Training with host employer Maloney Anderson Legal in May...

21 Feb 2025

Bowls

Coomie bowlers ready to fire

IF the Coomealla Cannons win the Sunraysia Saturday Pennant Division 4 grand final next weekend, it will mark the first time the club has had a team go back-to-back in a final in 75 years, following a win last year. The team’s skip Harold Bradley...

21 Feb 2025

Community

What’s on this weekend?

Find out what’s on in and around Sunraysia this weekend.

20 Feb 2025

Community

Wellbeing workshop brings sisters together

DJIRRA, the Aboriginal family violence prevention and legal service, held its 200th Sisters Day out on Tuesday as part of Ochre Ribbon Week. The wellbeing workshop was designed to offer Aboriginal women a space to connect, break...

20 Feb 2025

Community

Firefly lights locked in

WORKS have begun on Mildura’s Lock 11 lawns to set up the upcoming Trail of Lights: Fireflies and Gone Fishing art installations. Set to open in early April, the project will include 12,500 ‘firefly’ lights, as well as other attractions designed by...

19 Feb 2025

Community

Charity blooms in garden of love

EIGHT couples were married in individual elopement ceremonies on Valentine’s Day in support of SuniKids Dream. Celebrant Pam Nelson initially approached the charity with an offer of hosting an “Elopement Day” to kickstart fundraising...

18 Feb 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Writers’ festival pens in new programmer

THE 30th anniversary of the Mildura Writers’ Festival will be marked next year with the introduction of a new festival programmer. Originating in the woolshed of the Mildura Station Homestead in March 1995, the festival has attracted a number of...

18 Feb 2025

Community

Mountainless bike club shifts into high gear

A SOCIAL come and ride day will be held by the Coomealla-Mildura Mountainless Bike Club on Sunday. The new season will be starting off the success of last year, which marked the first full calendar race year since 2019. “Like most clubs we got wiped...

16 Feb 2025

News

Effort aimed at preventing harm

NEW Flip the Vape billboard and bus ads have popped up in Mildura as part of a statewide anti-vaping and anti-smoking campaign aimed at young Indigenous people. The campaign has been launched by The Koori Way, a Victorian-wide anti-tobacco and...

15 Feb 2025

News

Lost contact signals poor coverage

THE recent 3G network shutdown has left some people across the Millewa and southern Mallee frustrated with a reported new lack of coverage. Meringur farmer Jim Pickering said there are areas within his 9000 acre property that no longer have service...

15 Feb 2025