HARRIETVILLE and Mount Beauty will be beautified and made more accessible as part of the Local Economic Recovery cash from the federal and state governments.

TAWONGA drone pilot, Matt Vaia, was out and about last week working with his drone, surveying an area for a prospective project in Tawonga South.

TWO local bridges will be upgraded thanks to funding announced last Tuesday from the Federal Government.

LOCAL Independent federal member Helen Haines (MHR, Indi) is today launching an ambitious power plan, calling on the Federal Government to invest $483 million over 10 years to develop locally-owned renewable energy.

A GROUP of young Bright locals have launched a petition to upgrade the Bright Skate Park after being inspired by the community-led project in Mount Beauty. Rollerblading enthusiast Teagan Atherstone launched an online petition to Alpine Shire...

WHEN Marty’s Garage in Porepunkah closed its huge tin doors last week for a much-needed facelift, it was for the first time in about 100 years. Thought to be Porepunkah’s oldest continuously running business, the garage on Nicholson Street was...

THE stage is set for the Bright Court House to enter a new era thanks to a series of grants and the sheer determination of local volunteers. The Bright Court House has just received a $10,000 grant through the Alpine Shire’s 2020-2021 Community...

GOULBURN-Murray Water (GM-W) has admitted it could have handled the communication with Upper Ovens catchment customers better when it implemented new and higher licence fees in March. Almost 300 catchment diverters up stream of the Buffalo River, on...

MOUNT Beauty Airport will be upgraded and the runway at Mt Hotham resurfaced by grants totalling almost $2 million under a Federal Government initiative to help Australia’s aviation industry get through the COVID-19 pandemic. Deputy Prime Minister...

ALPINE Shire Council will delay the delivery of its bike track project for Bright’s Pioneer Park due to complications from the coronavirus pandemic. Council endorsed the removal of the existing BMX track to allow for the establishment of the Oaks...

MORE than two months after mandatory shutdown, a renovated The Buffalo Hotel will reopen its doors to Myrtleford next Monday, June 1. Coronavirus restrictions forced owner Brendan Cusack to close the popular pub on March 23 but he was determined not...

NO sooner had the Mountain Bike Nationals finished in March than coronavirus restrictions came into force in Victoria. The gates to Mystic MTB Park were closed, Blue Dirt shuttle services were cancelled and events were postponed. But work didn’t...

IMPROVED mobile service could have saved hundreds of fish during January’s bushfire crisis but for Harrietville’s Peter and Sally Hall it’s better late than never. The Federal Government last week confirmed new base stations under round five...