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Arts & Entertainment

Festival co-director excited for event’s 30th anniversary

ORGANISERS have officially launched the first virtual Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues this week.

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Make or break (BASIC)

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...

Business

Make or break (PREMIUM)

Surprising surplus for council announced at AGM

WANGARATTA council finished 2019/20 with a surplus of $6.2 million largely due to higher income from landfill user fees stemming from the January bushfires.

Farming News

$1M funding for standpipes to combat drought and bushfires

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. It will be part a $1 million package for infrastructure...

27 Oct 2020

Surprising surplus for council announced at AGM

WANGARATTA council finished 2019/20 with a surplus of $6.2 million largely due to higher income from landfill user fees stemming from the January bushfires.

Farming News

$1M funding for standpipes to combat drought and bushfires

27 Oct 2020

SES geared up for a higher risk of floods

WITH face to face training resumed, Wangaratta’s SES volunteers are honing their skills for the chance of increased floods this spring.

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Emergency services

It’s a shock to the heart

AMBULANCE Victoria (AV) has dubbed October as ‘Shocktober’ after research by the organisation showed a 50 per cent decline in cardiac arrest survival rates during the first wave of the pandemic.

Ground-breaking drug driver trial launched in Wangarrata

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.

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Dangerous driver defends self in court

A BENALLA man who allegedly drove a vehicle with stolen number plates from Wangaratta and evaded police by driving dangerously in Benalla was refused bail in Wangarata Magistrates Court on Monday.

Court

More come forward against alleged rapist

A MAN accused of allegedly raping a woman at a Wangaratta massage parlour in March this year is now facing further allegations as three more people are likely to press charges.

News

Police charge man after house fire

WANGARATTA detectives have charged a man with arson after emergency services attended a house fire on Vincent Road last week.

Nick Sinis >

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12 Oct 2020

Business

IT MAKES NO SENSE

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.

Anita McPherson >

Spring in our step, with more rainfall expected

WANGARATTA has had its best start to spring in four years, continuing its highest year to date rainfall over the same period.

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$6.2m locked in for Chalet restoration

RESTORATION of the Mount Buffalo Chalet is one step closer with a multi-million dollar pledge from the Federal Government yesterday.

Man doused partner in fuel

A MAN who threatened to set his ex-partner on fire after pouring diesel fuel on her at their business in Wangaratta will be sentenced in court next week.

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Missing teen Chloe Brown

POLICE are appealing for public assistance to help find missing Wangaratta teenager Chloe Brown. The 16-year-old was last seen at an address on Morgan Road about 4pm on Tuesday, September 22. Police hold concerns for Chloe’s welfare due to her age...

30 Sep 2020

TOURIST DREAMS

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.

29 Sep 2020

Arts & Entertainment

Jazz and blues first ready to go online

ORGANISERS have today officially launched the first virtual Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues.

29 Sep 2020

Business

Wider outlook on Sandford Rd

ONE of Wangaratta’s major access roads to local industry will be widened and improved for heavy vehicles and other traffic after the Federal Government yesterday confirmed it would help bankroll the project.

29 Sep 2020

Energy

Power to the people but..

VICTORIAN Liberal Senator, Jane Hume, has labelled the Local Power Plan launched last week by Wangaratta-based Indi Independent federal member Helen Haines MP as “backward looking and narrow”.