Ninjas in training
Bundarra Primary School has established a ninja course.
After laying down a new bike track with fundings received for sports facilities, the primary school decided...
Grain, forestry drive improvement on volumes
IT might still be some way off the records of five years ago, but there are positive signs for the Port of Portland with...
Bushfires, bears and then back to the footy
PORTLAND’S Sarah Pedrazzi was not expecting to be fighting bushfires in the middle of July, least of all on the other side of the...
Manhunt for Portland murder suspect
POLICE are appealing for information to help find a man wanted relating to a 1997 murder, who disappeared near Portland a month ago and...
Contentious Narrawong proposals get green light
NARRAWONG will have a new home for its post office – and it will stay in the settlement – after a contentious planning application...
A home away from a far-off home
IT’D be fair to say Ana Paula Campos de Moura knows more about Portland than most Australians, despite having lived her entire life in...
Wind farm protest ramps up
CANBERRA could be the next stop for a group of locals against the proposed offshore wind farm zone planned for the waters off Portland...
Plant a tree this weekend
FAWTHROP Lagoon will be getting some attention from volunteers this coming Sunday, for National Tree Planting Day.
Local group South West Environmental Education (SWEE) last...
School holidays spent differently
SOME students spend their school holidays relaing, but one Portland Secondary College (PSC) student spent her holidays at the 43rd Professor Harry Messel International...
A crowning achievement
WINNING just one medal in an eisteddfod is quite an achievement.
Taking out a first, a second and a highly commended is remarkable. But taking...
Smelter could ramp up again, but that depends
HIGHER power prices might be bad news for most of us, and they seem to be the key to whether production will get back...
All go at Neighbourhood House
THE Portland Neighbourhood House location in the CBD is up and running – with plans to extend the range of services.
Now run by Kyeema...
Teen takes over local business
One daring 17-year-old Portlander has taken on her own business, and so far so it's been smooth sailing.
Taya Allen is just 17 and already...
