Dargo fires contained
The two fires in the Dargo area were declared "contained" on Friday afternoon.
Council flushes port toilet petition hopes
Public access to a toilet at Stockyard Point, Port Albert, could be restored.
When a special benefit becomes a burden
An objection over the meaning of "special benefit" has not stopped Wellington Shire Council from declaring a special charge scheme for a Sale street.
Conviction over steroid use
A Sale business proprietor was convicted and fined at Sale Magistrate's Court after pleading guilty to possessing steroids.
Alleged assault in Stratford
Police are looking for witnesses to a roadside assault in Stratford on Labour Day.
Moist conditions dampen High Country fire
Welcome rain fell over the Crooked River-Wonnangatta Fire and the Waterford-McCarthy Spur fire this week, the cooler weather decreasing fire activity.
Winds challenge kayakers
The roughest conditions yet faced the 50 kayakers in this year's Sale to Sea Disability Kayak Challenge.
March on city
Thousands of people and more than 90 log trucks took to the streets of Melbourne on Tuesday, representing those who will be affected by Heyfield's Australian Sustainable Hardwoods' mill closure.
Heyfield’s future buried in process
ASH Green Mill supervisor Anthony Wilkes sat in the public gallery of the Legislative Assembly, among Hazelwood workers also facing unemployment.
Statistics point to increased crime
Crime statistics released last week indicate a 7.8 per cent increase in recorded offences across the Wellington Shire in 2016, which local police are attributing to assaults, burglaries and theft from motor vehicles.
Timber offer an insult
ASH chief executive said the proposed supply offer received from government on Tuesday was only for three years, and provided no tenure for the mill's long-term future.
ASH crisis – opinion
The ASH workers did not deserve the past eight weeks of anxiety.
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Forestry transition fund helps launch new business
A NEW agricultural irrigation plumbing business has been launched locally, through the support of the state government's Forestry Transition Fund.
Agriculture Minister Ros Spence announced...
