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Samantha James

Crime rates steady

GANNAWARRA Shire’s 2024 crime rates have been released by the Crime Statistics Agency data and show the increase in incidents is less than the state average. There was a 1.3 per cent rise in crime in the shire and Swan Hill Police Acting...

21 Jan 2025

Police & Courts

Police Beat

Crime from around the region - Swan Hill - Possible theft: KEYS inadvertently left on a table on the corner of Curlewis and McCrae streets, Swan Hill went missing about 10.30am on Saturday, January 11. The victim returned to the location to find that someone had picked them up, but...

21 Jan 2025

Year in Review

Year in Review - November 2024

November featured a Kerang arson charge, a new childcare center for Cohuna, and Remembrance Day tributes. Gannawarra’s new mayor, Garner Smith, was elected, and local leaders were celebrated. Get the full year in review!

05 Jan 2025

Year in Review

Year in Review - June 2024

June in Gannawarra featured Reconciliation Week celebrations, a new wind farm proposal, and the launch of community projects in Koondrook and Kerang. Want to learn more? Explore the full year in review!

02 Jan 2025

Business

Fashion duo bring their unique style back home

SELF expression through clothing is about to get more individualised in Swan Hill, with Porque clothing brand’s collection launch at the Federal Hotel on January 3. Local boys Sam Fisher and Jack Woodward started Porque (pronounced POR-KAY) to make...

31 Dec 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Artist McKay displays flair

ARTIST Betty McKay has partnered with the Porque team for their collection launch at The Federal Hotel on January 3. Ms McKay said she is very proud to be a part of this local collaboration as well as encouraging rural and regional creativity.“The...

31 Dec 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Calling all summer bookworms

CHILDREN and young adults can win prizes for reading and listening to audiobooks during the summer holidays with the BIG Summer Read, with entries open until Friday, January 31. Open to people aged 0-18, every entrant who reads 10 books or for 10...

27 Dec 2024

News

How to beat the heat and what to do if you can’t

HEAT kills more Australians than any other natural disaster, and extreme heat can affect anybody. Those more at-risk include people over the age of 65, babies and young children, pregnant women, people with acute or chronic health problems and people...

26 Dec 2024

Police & Courts

Police beat

POLICE allegedly located methamphetamine, an array of drug-related materials, a significant amount of dried cannabis, cannabis plants and seeds and a stolen vehicle in operations across three separate residential premises in...

24 Dec 2024

News

Rare balancing act

THE VHM Rare Soil and Mineral Sands project hinges on the ability to balance economic benefit to the region with limiting the effect on the current agricultural industry and community. Gannawarra Shire Council chief executive Geoff Rollinson said the...

18 Dec 2024

News

Rare balancing act

18 Dec 2024

News

Owners urged to protect dogs from virus

AS A canine parvovirus (parvo) outbreak spreads through Adelaide, Swan Hill Veterinary Clinic vet Dr Ashleigh Dunn recommends owners get their pets’ vaccinations up to date.“Your most vulnerable animals are your puppies and your unvaccinated...

17 Dec 2024