News
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Grants for women’s wellbeing
A LEADING health promotion agency in the region will provide $100,000 in grants for projects, events and activities supporting women’s health and wellbeing in flood-affected…
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New rules targeting distracted drivers in Victoria
NEW road rules targeting distracted drivers will be introduced in Victoria next month. It’s already illegal to use a mobile phone while driving, and those…
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Housing woes keep workers away – MP
PARAMEDICS are sleeping in cars and tents because they can’t find any houses, according to Member for Murray Helen Dalton. It has prompted the independent…
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Buybacks move prompts irrigator rage
THE Federal Government’s announcement of a new round of water buybacks to help achieve key environmental targets in the controversial Murray-Darling Basin Plan has left…
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Curtain rises on Creative Gannawarras art salon program
MURRABIT will host the first session of Creative Gannawarra’s popular art salon program for 2023 next month. The free event, happening at Busy Bees of…
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Fish superhighway work set for leap ahead
WORK is set to begin on one of the final stages of a fish superhighway near Leitchville, connecting more than 1000km of waterways. The Gunbower…
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Cohuna Waterfront Development opens
COHUNA residents and visitors are benefiting from the completion of the Cohuna Waterfront Development, officially opened on Sunday. Gannawarra Shire Mayor Charlie Gillingham and fellow…
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NBN fibre upgrade for Cohuna
COHUNA households and businesses will get the opportunity to choose faster and more reliable broadband as the rollout of full fibre to premises continues across…
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Open fire: shorter duck season pleases no one
DUCK hunters and anti-hunting activists have fired shots after the Victorian Government announced a shortened hunting season would go ahead, despite growing pressure to outlaw…
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Check out updated design for library extension
THE final design of the Kerang library expansion has been released, with fewer windows and increased vegetation a key incorporation. The project, supported by $1.5…
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Emergency response time in Gannawarra on the improve
GANNAWARRA paramedics are responding to time-critical patients quicker, but are still short of the 15-minute target. In the Gannawarra local government area, there was a…
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Big vision for silo art visitors
THE NSW Murray region is following in the footsteps of the Wimmera and Mallee’s Silo Art Trail by establishing its own large-scale art installations. The…