WANGARATTA police has seen the most significant number of new police ever provided with almost 20 new officers commencing since 2019 across Wangaratta, Alpine and Moira shires.
MAYOR Dean Rees will be serving another four year term on council, but who else joins him from the Rural City of Wangaratta’s three contested wards remains too close to call, with counting in the 2020 council election to continue today.
AUSTRALIA needs a new emergency warning system, the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements has found as it warned about “more frequent and intense” events such as bushfires.
A $93 MILLION Laceby solar farm project has won the approval of Victorian Minister for Planning Richard Wynne, eight months after it was knocked back by Rural City of Wangaratta councillors.
BORES will be sunk and standpipes installed at 10 strategic locations across the Rural City of Wangaratta to assist farmers during drought and help with emergency response to bushfires.
PEOPLE presenting with mental health issues from the pandemic, especially the second wave of COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria, have brought a surge of 25 per cent in cases across the North East.
A WANGARATTA manufacturer has put plans for a $4 million expansion of its operations on hold because of the impact COVID-19 has had slowing down Victoria’s housing market.
POLICE will be out in force ahead of the AFL Grand Final and cup day weekends in an effort to banish Melbourne residents from regional areas and keep the regions’ current 0.4 rolling COVID-19 case average down.
RESIDENTS of Shepparton have been advised to be tested for coronavirus after three new positive cases were confirmed yesterday. The current list of high risk locations in Shepparton are: Central Tyre Service, Welsford Street Shepparton from...
THE new $17 million upgraded pools at Wangaratta’s premier sporting precinct is set to open in mid to late December in time for the heat of summer. Wangaratta council is set to take over the reins of the Wangaratta Sports and Aquatic Centre (WSAC)...
A $500,000 upgrade on two netball courts and lighting at North Wangaratta Football Netball Club will go ahead after delays in the delivery stemming from the national ‘sports rorts’ inquiry.
DRUG drivers are being taken off the roads more expeditiously under a new project being trialled in Wangaratta that could be rolled out across Victoria.
THE Federal Government will tomorrow hand down its most important budget since World War II and Independent federal MP Helen Haines (MHR, Indi) said it will have the potential to make or break Indi. Dr Haines will head to Canberra from her...
WINERIES in the Upper King Valley are at a loss to understand why they have not been included within the border bubble allowing visitors to travel there from the New South Wales border region.
BUILDING better tourism infrastructure and attracting more visitors to Wangaratta city will be a renewed focus if council can secure a slice of $250 million in newly announced regional funding.
RURAL City of Wangaratta voters in all but the North Ward have choices to make, after nominations and the ballot draw for candidates in the 2020 council election were finalised yesterday.
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, and the rest of regional Victoria, will move to the Third Step of restrictions from midnight tonight, following a 14-day average COVID-19 case number dropping to just 3.6.
WANGARATTA city traders owe more than $1 million in rent to landlords via just one real estate agent, with several at their last gasp of financial security.
