News
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Georgia’s a winner against odds
By KATH GANNAWAY FORMER Upper Yarra Secondary School captain Georgia Rokicki has overcome adversity and grief throughout her teenage years to achieve her ambition of…
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Valley stops for a tea break
By JESSE GRAHAM YARRA Valley residents will have plenty of opportunities to have a tea break in the coming month, with many Biggest Morning Tea…
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Our Aboriginal warriors
By JESSE GRAHAM IT WAS a chance meeting with excellent timing that saw Healesville’s reconciliation campaigner, Aunty Dot Peters, receive a CD acknowledging the work…
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Focus shifts to drugs
By KATH GANNAWAY THE Australian Road Safety Foundation is calling on the public to focus on an increasing drug driving culture as the 10th anniversary…
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Hit and run on vehicle
By JESSE GRAHAM A BADGER CREEK man is facing an insurance bill after an unknown driver smashed into his parked car early on Monday morning…
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And money for all
By KATH GANNAWAY TOWNSHIP improvements in Wandin and Warburton, footpaths at Yarra Junction and Launching Place, a bowling green upgrade for Yarra Junction, and a…
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P-plater walks away
By JESSE GRAHAM A HEALESVILLE P-plater has walked away from a spectacular crash on the Healesville-Kooweerup Road that saw his car careen through a barrier…
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‘Suspicious’ fire destroys abandoned house
By JESSE GRAHAM A FIRE that destroyed an abandoned Badger Creek house on Wednesday night is being treated as suspicious by authorities, after it was…
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Rider’s leg broken in bike skid
By JESSE GRAHAM A MOTORBIKE rider travelling through the valley was taken to hospital on Thursday afternoon with a broken leg after coming off a…
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Missing man dash cam hunt
By JESSE GRAHAM POLICE are calling on dash-cam owners in the Yarra Valley to come forward in case they may have spotted missing man Tej…
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Rita’s Royal mail
By KATH GANNAWAY IT’S taken Warburton resident Rita Mentiplay a long time to get to 100 and although she still has a few days to…
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Big-spending budget still aims for savings
By JESSE GRAHAM THE YARRA Ranges Council has just released its latest draft budget, which will see capital works projects underway around the hills and…