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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 from…
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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…
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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…
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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 to…
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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 opening…
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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…
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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…
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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 subject…
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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 cases…
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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 Bond passed…
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A Silva lining in pandemic life
Emergency service workers in the Yarra Valley are sure to be well caffeinated following Wesburn’s Silva Coffee’s ‘pay it forward’ program, allowing customers to purchase…
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China challenge
Yarra Valley wine makers say they are ready to co-operate with an anti-dumping investigation launched by China last week. The anti-dumping investigation into Australian wine…
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