A CONFUSING oversight which saw Tawonga South residents unable to cross the border to New South Wales despite its neighbouring towns, Mount Beauty and Tawonga being able to, has been corrected at last.

LOCAL state MP Tim McCurdy (MLA, Ovens Valley) is continuing his call for the State Government to bring a premature end to stage three restrictions in regional Victoria, but not everyone agrees. Mr McCurdy wrote to Premier Daniel Andrews earlier...

THE State Government has granted Alpine Shire Council just over $1 million for expansion of Alpine View Children’s Centre (AVCC) in Bright. Jaclyn Symes (MLC, Northern Victoria) announced on Monday that the State Government would provide...

LOCAL forestry workers have penned an open letter to the Federal Government pleading for around $65 million in bushfire recovery support to be delivered urgently. Carter Holt Harvey Plywood general manager Craig Stratford and HVP Plantations chief...

FUNDS to support projects in the Alpine Shire’s mountain towns are on a Federal Budget wish-list being lobbied by local federal independent member Helen Haines (MHR, Indi). Dr Haines submitted a plan for Indi’s bushfire and COVID-19 recovery...

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 Music Festival will become a free event in 2021 thanks in part to a grant from the Alpine Shire’s event funding program. Last week, the Alpine Shire revealed funding of $5000 to next year’s Mount Beauty Music Festival, which like...

MYRTLEFORD Chamber of Commerce president Jim Van Geet has praised the efforts of Alpine Shire Council with funding support announced to help some of Myrtleford’s major festivals and events plan for the future. Councillors last week endorsed grants...

BRIGHT and surrounds has been spared what would have been an irreversible blow to businesses and jobs with only abattoirs subject to unprecedented coronavirus restrictions announced by Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday. Under the changes, meatworks...

JUBILEE Park will be even more colourful by the end of the year with the Myrtleford Chamber of Commerce, Alpine Shire Council and the town’s ‘crackpots’ reaching an agreement for the location of the snakes and ladders project. Speaking to...

UPPER Ovens River Catchment water license holders attended webinars hosted by Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW) last Tuesday evening. Residents from Harrietville, Bright and Porepunkah expressed their concerns and presented a list of questions and...

VISITORS turned out in droves for the Bright Markets on Saturday but organisers and police said they were happy with how people stayed COVID-safe. Last Saturday was the second time that both food and non-food stalls were allowed to trade at the...

THE tenth instalment of the Myrtleford Alpine Rally has been forced to cancel its plans for September 19 following ongoing coronavirus restrictions. Local businesses and groups were set to prosper from the huge fundraising effort which sees more...

MYRTLEFORD businesses are already wearing the brunt of metropolitan Melbourne’s COVID-19 outbreak, just one week after the Victorian-New South Wales border was forced closed. The pain from last Thursday’s announcement that ski operations at...

THIS year has seen the lives of regional Australian’s upended and the true associated economic shocks of bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic are only just being realised. A report from the Consumer Policy Research Centre (CRPC) has found...

ALPINE Shire Council is seeking community input on the draft concept design for Bright’s new Bike Park. The existing Bright BMX Track was removed from Pioneer Park late last year to make way for the Oaks Lawn events space and it was hoped the new...

LOCAL forestry workers, grape producers and apple growers are set to receive a major boost in their bushfire recovery effort with a multi-million dollar Federal Government announcement on Tuesday. Independent member Helen Haines (MHR, Indi) hailed...

ALPINE Health has been advised by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) that Hawthorn Village in Bright has been de-escalated to an active surveillance state of the COVID-19 outbreak. There have been no new symptomatic residents, staff...

TESTING on all close contacts, including residents and care staff, of Bright’s Hawthorn Village have returned negative results. Close contacts will require a second test in about five days and must remain in quarantine until the results of the...

THOUSANDS of visitors descended on Bright over the long weekend, creating a much-needed boost for local businesses. After the summer bushfires followed by the long coronavirus travel restrictions, last Friday was the first time in months that the...

THE Alpine Shire has recorded its first coronavirus case after an aged care resident in Bright tested positive for the virus. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) notified Alpine Health on Sunday before Hawthorn Village went into...

PLANNING has commenced for Myrtleford’s next big attraction which is certain to turn heads through the centre of town. The local duo or ‘crackpots’ behind the mosaic trail has partnered with the Myrtleford Chamber of Commerce to create two...

THE January bushfires and a very dry summer could be the reasons behind the recent spate of wild dog activity in Bright. Ongoing reports of wild dogs, which are deemed invasive pests in Victoria, roaming near residences in Bright has sparked concern...

MYRTLEFORD will feel the blow of the shutdown of Target Country with the Myrtle Street store marked to close early next year. Parent company Wesfarmers announced last Friday afternoon that 75 Target and Target Country stores would permanently close...

LOCAL musicians took to the stage on Sunday for a festival of a different kind. The Recharge 2020 Festival was a one-day virtual event aimed at recreating a regional music festival and country farmers market. The live-streamed event brought over 10...