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  • Funds flow in Gannawarra for healthy rivers program

    Funds flow in Gannawarra for healthy rivers program

    BASIN communities and farmers are big winners under the first round of the federal government’s $20 million Murray-Darling Healthy Rivers Program. A total 73 grants…

  • High rates of vaccinated Aboriginal people in the Mallee

    High rates of vaccinated Aboriginal people in the Mallee

    ABORIGINAL people in the Mallee are believed to have the highest rate of Covid vaccinations in the country. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults were…

  • Mallee’s vaccination rates ahead of Melbourne

    Mallee’s vaccination rates ahead of Melbourne

    COVID-19 vaccination rates in the region are ahead of Melbourne and the national average, according to new health data this week. According to data released…

  • Bookworm’s heaven surrounded by books

    Bookworm’s heaven surrounded by books

    READING books surrounded by the shelf after shelf of books – it’s a bookworm’s heaven. The Little Blue Book Shop owner Amanda Day hosts youth…

  • Colourful character lends his hands

    Colourful character lends his hands

    PRIMARY school students will given some expert inspiration to create their own creatures and stories when author and illustrator Chris Kennett visits schools in the…

  • Foundation students celebrate 100 days of schooling

    Foundation students celebrate 100 days of schooling

    FOUNDATION students are celebrating their first 100 days of schooling, while for many parents it would feel like an eternity as they faced remote learning.…

  • Kerang duo challenged academically

    Kerang duo challenged academically

    TWO bright students at Kerang South Primary School have participated in the Virtual School Victoria High Ability Program. The program provides high-ability year 5 to…

  • Elderly man burnt in house fire

    Elderly man burnt in house fire

    AN elderly man has suffered burns to his lower body after a fire gutted his Appin South home last Thursday. Fire crews were alerted to…

  • Safety of students using the bus services is a ‘major concern’, says MFC

    Safety of students using the bus services is a ‘major concern’, says MFC

    A PROPOSAL to open rural and regional school bus services to the general community is “flawed on every level”, according to Mallee Family Care CEO…

  • Poaching local support

    Poaching local support

    A BARHAM poultry farmer was almost cracking under pressure after thousands of eggs were being stockpiled during COVID-19 lockdowns. Demand for Kate Redfearn’s free range…

  • Kane bowling them over on the greens

    Kane bowling them over on the greens

    YOUNG bowler Kane Wilson is making waves and crossing oceans to represent Kerang in a sport traditionally played by people decades’ older than him. Last…

  • Urgent need to support Murray tourism

    Urgent need to support Murray tourism

    THE Victorian government says its $250,000 contribution towards a Murray regional project will “revitalise and address an urgent need” to support recovery from the COVID-19…

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