11 year old’s fight to preserve Healesville’s beauty
A 11 year old Healesville resident has launched a petition, as she prepares to take on the world’s biggest fast-food franchise, McDonald’s, and their...
School support
Healesville High School have treated their senior students by sending them care packages as they continue their studies from home.
Each VCE and VCAL student...
Drinking water contamination
Several Yarra Ranges townships are among 88 Melbourne suburbs that have been advised to boil drinking water as power outages overnight caused untreated water...
Kayak rescue
Emergency services have safely rescued a woman who lost her paddle while kayaking in Healesville on 25 August.
Victorian SES volunteers from the Healesville unit...
Search for missing Badger Creek man
Police are appealing for public help to find missing Badger Creek man William Tomisic.
The 40-year-old was last seen leaving his Bluegum Court address about...
Ninjas hungry for more
Upon reflection on this year’s Ninja Warrior competition, there’s one thing all three Yarra Ranges’ contestants have in common - they are all raring...
New school welcomes principal
Construction on the Yarra Valley’s newest school is well underway as the School for Student Leadership appoints a campus principal with the aim of...
Big drop in local Covid-19 cases
Active coronavirus cases in the Yarra Ranges have almost halved in the last fortnight following the implementation of Stage 4 restrictions.
The Department of Health...
Search for missing man
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing Wandin East man David Dower.
David was last seen leaving his home address in a...
Landmark decision on logging
Environmental group Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum has won its Federal Court case against state logging agency, VicForests, which will see further protections to forests...
Covid cases decline
The Department of Health and Human Services reported 116 active coronavirus cases in the Yarra Ranges on Monday 17 August, a decrease of 20...
Environmental defender lost
Badger Creek lost a passionate and caring member of the community on 27 July as longtime Healesville Environmental Watch Inc (HEWI) member Maureen...
Latest
Special shows coming to the local theatres
Torvill and Dean
Skating Legends return to Australia after 30 years for the Arena Spectacular Torvill and Dean’s last dace.
Tickets on sale from 29 October.
Due...
