THE Rural City of Wangaratta’s outgoing councillors will this evening vote on the sale of the Max Parkinson Lodge facility to Beyond Housing to be developed into emergency housing. Beyond Housing plans to turn the site, at 8 Sadler Street, into...

WANGARATTA’S new outdoor 50 metre heated pool at the Barr Reserve has taken another major step forward to completion later this year with the architect and consultants signing off on quality assurance. They did so via video link due to COVID-19...

A NEW commercial hangar at Wangaratta Aerodrome is up for lease by an aviation related business as part of $739,000 in improvements to the city venue.

A GLENROWAN residents’ group has lost faith in the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s (ARTC) community consultation process describing it as a waste of time. Glenrowan Improvers chairperson Helen Senior said last week’s meeting with ARTC...

BOLD plans to further develop Wangaratta’s main sport, recreation and leisure precinct into a more cohesive zone over the next 20 years have been publicly unveiled and are poised to go out for further community and stakeholder feedback for the...

THE installation of a rotunda at the Whitefield Cemetery in the King Valley is getting much closer, with the impressive looking structure currently under construction in the engineer’s shed. The Whitefield Cemetery Trust engaged Global Factory...

THE Wangaratta Show Society committee will undertake substantial pavilion and equestrian arena upgrade works thanks to Regional Agricultural Show Development Grants program funding. The Wangaratta committee will receive $36,137 to upgrade cabinetry...

A DRAFT strategy aimed at achieving sustainable low density and rural residential growth over the next 30 years will be presented to councillors at tomorrow evening’s meeting. The Draft Low Density and Rural Residential Strategy provides...

A DRAINAGE upgrade in Cusack and Spearing streets beginning this week will seek to reduce the impacts of flash flooding in the area. The works being carried out by Bordignon Excavations will physically begin on Wednesday and will involve the...

WHEN it rains it pours, especially at Wangaratta’s Spearing and Cusack streets on the western side of the railway line, but flooding problems are about to be fixed.

MOMENTUM is building for the King Valley Infrastructure Project, a multi-faceted initiative centred around the upgrade of the Wangaratta-Whitfield Road. Organisers behind the project, which includes fixing the road, changing its name to the King...

TRAIN passenger services between Albury and Melbourne have resumed, following the Australian Rail Track Corporation’s completion of repair work to tracks which were damaged during the fatal derailment of the XPT train near Wallan on February 20...