Work on the Ballarat Airport Strategy and Master Plan is under way following the completion of phase one of the community consultation process in late 2023.
Detectives from Taskforce Lunar have charged four teenagers in recent days as part of their investigation into a number of incidents linked to the ongoing tobacco dispute.
In all the countless years that we Aussie gardeners have chosen to adorn our home landscape with true blue Aussie trees and shrubs, we seem to have overlooked the beauty and colour our own bulbous plants can bring to the garden.
The Macedon Ranges Shire Council is inviting the community to join a special free lunch event and shared storytelling at the Kyneton Town Hall on Friday 22 March to celebrate Cultural Diversity Week.
Hussy Hicks, the dynamic duo of Leesa Gentz and Julz Parker, have conquered the last decade of the Australian music industry with their unique blend of folk, blues, country, and roots.
Easter is just around the corner, which means CFA volunteers are about to hit Victorian streets and rattle tins to fundraise for the annual Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) Good Friday Appeal.
The City of Greater Bendigo is inviting the community to comment on a draft O’Keefe Rail Trail Plan to guide the ongoing development, management and promotion of the 49 kilometre trail, which runs from Bendigo to Heathcote.
Scientists at CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have achieved a breakthrough in molecular plant pathology, marking a technological leap forward for breeding durable disease-resistant crops.
Skills and achievements of younger Victorians will be on show right across the state later this year at a month-long festival supported by the state government.
Go out and visit a wine region. A leading wine CEO is pleading with Australians to buy local red wine in support of grape growers facing tough years ahead.
Media professional and transgender legend Julie Peters will share her story at the first Birds of a Feather event for 2024at the Victoria Hotel, Woodend this Thursday, March 7 from noon.
Mysterious Landscapes will be held at the Newstead Hub over the weekends of March 2 & 3, 9 &10 & 11, 16 & 17 and 23 & 24 with the opening today, Sunday March 3.
And to all the corporate idiots who shouted from the rooftops “print is dead” as we started our fledgling magazine in 2013 with a rag-tag gang of volunteers - you just weren’t paying attention!
So, we just hit the 300th edition of The Local. That's a pretty big milestone for a little local paper. Well, not so little. This edition is 104 pages. Massive.
Western Region Crime Squad detectives are investigating a commercial burglary at a business in Ocean Grove where multiple antique firearms were stolen in recent weeks.
