Monday, November 25th, 2024 THE latest name inked to the Miners men's squad for the 2024 NBL1 South season is a big man who likes to play in...
AUTHORITIES have closed the Western Highway between Ballarat and Ararat due to bushfire activity surrounding Beaufort. The decision to shut the highway was made by...
FORTY years of the nation’s socialised medicine program, Medicare, has been celebrated locally, but the Federal health minister has sounded a warning over the...
A MAJOR crash involving more than twenty vehicles has caused traffic chaos on the Western Highway at Myrniong, with paramedics treating multiple people at...
LOCATIONS for the some of the most important games in local football and netball have been confirmed for the 2023 season. Venues to play host...
BALLARAT’S brief time as a 2026 Commonwealth Games joint host has ended after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced on Tuesday the state was no...
THE headline acts for this year’s Spilt Milk have been released and there’s some big names on the list. US rapper Post Malone has top...
LONG-time Ballarat Miners women squad member Kristy Rinaldi has announced her retirement from competitive basketball. The club’s female games record holder will drop the curtain...
LOCAL projects, many of which were the subject of 2022 Victorian election campaigning, are the big winners from Tuesday’s State budget. As part of the...
THE future of the intermodal freight hub planned for the Ballarat West Employment Zone is unclear after the was revealed Federal funding for the...
MEMBER for Ballarat, Catherine King, has said Tuesday’s Federal budget is about reining in inflationary impacts on Australians. Dubbed a “cost of living” budget, the...
REDAN FNC got off to a near perfect start to the McDonalds Ballarat Football Netball League season on Good Friday. The Lions came away from...
PRIVATELY owned electric scooters are no longer banned and younger riders can hit the road as part of a six-month extension to a Victorian...
TWICE a year, just past a bend on a bumpy road about ten minutes’ drive west of Meredith, a moderately sized sheep farm comes...
THE Country Fire Authority has declared tomorrow, Friday, 17 February a day of total fire ban in the Central fire weather district that includes...
A NEW website aimed at helping locals find things to do in the Ballarat region with when people from out-of-town come for a visit...
ARE you happy with how the City of Ballarat, its councillors, and staff are doing? Well, you might be asked that question, and more, as...
A BLUE-Green algae waning has been issued by Goulburn-Murray Water for Hepburn Lagoon at Blampied. The alert means that people and animals should avoid direct...
WITH the NBL1 South 2023 season fast approaching, both Ballarat Miners squads have added two more names to their team sheets. Both recent editions come...
As a child - and to my consternation - I was constantly being threatened: “If you don’t behave yourself, young man, I’ll...
WHILE the start of the 2023 NBL1 South season is still months away, the hasn’t stopped the Ballarat Miners from preparing their team sheets. Recently...
BALLARAT has new way to get around with an e-bike hire scheme quietly launched last week. The scheme is run by Neuron Mobility, providers of...
ANTI-Lake Wendouree Lighting project group, Get the Lake Lights Right, has claimed the City of Ballarat failed to seek Federal Government approval for works...
THE official results from last month’s State election are in, and they have confirmed what many already knew, Ballarat is all Labor. Both Wendouree -...
