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YAVA Gallery and Arts Hub has launched into 2021 with a new exhibition highlighting the works of 13 local artists. The exhibition, HORSE, showcases everything…

A new playground at Cire’s Mount Evelyn Children’s Service is part of an exciting Cire hat trick underway to maximise creative early years learning opportunities…

The platypus has been added to Victoria’s threatened species list and classed as vulnerable, prompting the Victorian Government to take action to try and protect…

A number of residents living in the Dandenong Ranges and Yarra Valley are now covered by Telstra’s 5G network after a recent roll-out. There are…

While his invasive rat cousins are considered pests, ‘Marshall’ the baby native swamp rat is as precious as he looks. Veterinarians at Healesville Sanctuary’s Australian…

A Yarra Glen man who sexually assaulted his 16-year-old apprentice before asking her to help him conceal the crime from his wife has been spared…

Healesville cartoonist Danny Zemp has been a long-time contributor to Star Mail. This week he takes you behind the scenes in this video highlighting how…

Warburton residents have again expressed their frustrations about overcrowding in town as scores of visitors take to the new Warburton Water World. The new water…

Regional or metro? As Victoria continued to grapple with a second wave of a Covid-19 outbreak, the Yarra Ranges community was thrusted into the harsh…

Bushfires The year got off to a rocky start as bushfires continued to rage in Eastern Victoria and New South Wales. Thankfully the Yarra Ranges…

This is for the frontline workers. In our hospitals, clinics and testing stations, health care workers risked their wellbeing to care for others during Covid-19’s…

AusNet crews are currently on the scene in Woori Yallock, with 4500 customers across the Yarra Valley affected by a power outage this afternoon. Towns…