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  • Hub open for business

    Hub open for business

    SWAN Hill’s Community Hub was opened on Sunday at the start of the June Racing Carnival’s biggest day.Member for Swan Hill Peter Walsh officially opened…

  • Crashes across weekend

    Crashes across weekend

    SWAN Hill’s emergency service workers were kept on their toes over the long weekend with several accidents on the region’s roads.Head of Swan Hill Traffic…

  • Drink-drivers  caught

    Drink-drivers caught

    POLICE nabbed five drink-drivers in the Swan Hill Police Region area over the long weekend.Sergeant Les McPhee said more than 2000 breath tests were carried…

  • Residents get new ride

    Residents get new ride

    AS THE wheels on the bus go round, the residents and staff at Balranald’s Bidgee Haven Aged Care Hostel are getting out and about like…

  • OAM honour for Marie

    OAM honour for Marie

    TAKING a stand on women’s issues and improving access to education in the Mallee has earned a Swan Hill stalwart one of the highest honours…

  • One cop shops avoid the chop

    One cop shops avoid the chop

    THE premier has ruled out the closure of any one-officer police stations in response to a blue paper recommendation that resources could be better spent…

  • Pheasant off the menu

    Pheasant off the menu

    PHEASANT is off the menu across Australia since local business Olson’s Pheasant Farm stopped selling the birds commercially.While the farm’s owners, Ros and Kevin O’Bryan,…

  • Online gambling on rise

    Online gambling on rise

    ABOUT 700 people in the Swan Hill region are reaching “rock bottom” as a result of a gambling addiction each year, according to a local…

  • Threats, assault, theft

    Threats, assault, theft

    Threats lead to criminal chargesA 21-YEAR-OLD Swan Hill man was arrested and charged with making threats to kill after an alleged incident in the early…

  • Scouts, band together

    Scouts, band together

    AFTER some delays, construction of a new residence for Swan Hill’s Scouts and local City Band will begin this week.The works are a welcome development…

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