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National

Chromosome loops key to killing cancer

Australian scientists have discovered that changes to the structure in part of our chromosomes could be to blame for cancer and some genetic diseases.

AAP Newswire

16 minutes ago

Mathoura dominates at primary schools athletics carnival

SEVENTEEN students from Mathoura Public School have qualified for the district primary schools athletics carnival on August 10.

Riverine Herald

4 minutes ago

Ceremony could return

Last week’s NAIDOC Week presented the Deniliquin Rams Football Netball Club with an opportunity to start what it hopes will become a new tradition.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

EMBTA is now out to prove it is A-OK

THE Echuca Moama Business and Trades Association may have had a rocky start but president Daniel Mackrell is optimistic about the future.

David Rak

EMBTA is now out to prove it is A-OK

THE Echuca Moama Business and Trades Association may have had a rocky start but president Daniel Mackrell is optimistic about the future.

David Rak

Trump plans to invite Putin to Washington

US President Donald Trump plans to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington despite an uproar over their summit in Helsinki on Monday.

AAP Newswire

8 hours ago

If this sounds bad, think what the reality would be

IMAGINE waking up one day to discover your hearing is gone.

Charmayne Allison

New habitat for wildlife at Kyabram

The viewing platform on top of Brown Snake Hill is a prime bird-watching location.

Country News

Finance

Coopers takes can-do approach to Pale Ale

Changing tastes for beers in cans has led Coopers to add a tinnie option to its flagship Pale Ale range.

AAP Newswire

20 hours ago

Trump plans to invite Putin to Washington

US President Donald Trump plans to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington despite an uproar over their summit in Helsinki on Monday.

AAP Newswire

8 hours ago

If this sounds bad, think what the reality would be

IMAGINE waking up one day to discover your hearing is gone.

Charmayne Allison

New habitat for wildlife at Kyabram

The viewing platform on top of Brown Snake Hill is a prime bird-watching location.

Country News

Finance

Coopers takes can-do approach to Pale Ale

Changing tastes for beers in cans has led Coopers to add a tinnie option to its flagship Pale Ale range.

AAP Newswire

20 hours ago

Most popular

Dodgy activity in Torrumbarry

TORRUMBARRY and Gunbower residents are being urged to secure their properties following suspicious activity.

Riverine Herald

Tatura house damaged by fire

A Tatura property has suffered significant fire damage in the early hours of Monday morning. The Hogan St house was engulfed in flames when CFA units arrived. The road is set to be reopened shortly as CFA units from Mooroopna and Tatura have left...

Shepparton News

Breaking News

Good news for Echuca Specialist School

Education Minister James Merlino will visit Echuca Specialist School today. His office confirmed the visit this morning and said he will make an announcement. More to come

Riverine Herald

Breaking News

Good news for Echuca Specialist School

Education Minister James Merlino will visit Echuca Specialist School today. His office confirmed the visit this morning and said he will make an announcement. More to come

Riverine Herald

Is there a paediatrician in the house?

Lucas Speed has just moved into Echuca-Moama and hung out his shingle. One not seen very often in these parts of the world. It reads ‘paediatrician’. CHARMAYNE ALLISON caught up with the specialist whose appointment books are filling up at...

Charmayne Allison

Green light for works

The installation of traffic lights at the entrance to SPC KidsTown on Peter Ross-Edwards Causeway between Shepparton and Mooroopna will begin later this month.

Tara Whitsed

14 minutes ago

Video

The Lead with Charmayne Allison - July 19

Riverine Herald

National

Coles lashed over plastic toy giveaways

Shoppers have vented their fury at Coles for giving away miniature plastic replicas of grocery items at the same time it’s banning plastic bags.

AAP Newswire

38 minutes ago

Man’s best friend

Who doesn’t love dogs? Here are our favourite doggos we get to meet at the Campaspe Animal Shelter each week

Luke Hemer

Cambage rips WNBA for ‘ladylike’ attempts

Liz Cambage has blasted the WNBA for their treatment of players while defending Thon Maker for his role in the Boomers-Philippines melee.

AAP Newswire

Farmers put back in charge of farm management

MILK PAYMENT structures are too complex. Enough is enough. UDV has now presented a simplified milk price structure model to hundreds of farmers and industry representatives across the state and the feedback has been unanimous — structures need to...

Dairy News

3 hours ago

Local

EMBTA is now out to prove it is A-OK

THE Echuca Moama Business and Trades Association may have had a rocky start but president Daniel Mackrell is optimistic about the future.

David Rak

If this sounds bad, think what the reality would be

IMAGINE waking up one day to discover your hearing is gone.

Charmayne Allison

Mathoura dominates at primary schools athletics carnival

SEVENTEEN students from Mathoura Public School have qualified for the district primary schools athletics carnival on August 10.

Riverine Herald

4 minutes ago

Video

The Lead with Charmayne Allison - July 19

Riverine Herald

Education

Walsh congratulates school on winning the battle

MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh has congratulated the Echuca Specialist School community for securing a long overdue funding pledge from the Victorian Government.

Riverine Herald

Entertainment

Madagascar is already pulling bumper crowds

MORE than 100 excited children packed into Echuca-Moama Theatre Company’s shed on Monday keen to try out for its junior production of Madagascar.

Ivy Jensen

Man extradited over violent home invasion

A MAN extradited from Queensland has faced court over charges relating to a violent home invasion and stabbing in Echuca more than two years ago.

Riverine Herald

Murray League Streamed Live - July 21

The Murray Football League clash between Echuca United and Nathalia will be streamed live on riverineherald. com. au from 1.45 pm Saturday. Supporters, fans and interested onlookers alike can access the stream from any device of their choice, allowing...

McPherson Media Group

Call to Mind to address mental health

THE founders of a new telepsychiatry service are urging people in Echuca-Moama struggling with mental illness to take advantage of its free consultations.

Riverine Herald

Dodgy activity in Torrumbarry

TORRUMBARRY and Gunbower residents are being urged to secure their properties following suspicious activity.

Riverine Herald

Weir makes Echuca’s track his private domain

IN A race meeting gutted by 42 scratchings and with drama at the starting gates, super trainer Darren Weir picked up five winners at Echuca racecourse yesterday.

Riverine Herald

Lifestyle

Knitting up a helpful touch

A DONATION to Echuca police station is allowing officers to help people in need.

Riverine Herald

Real Estate

Find your place

For Sale |

216 McKinlay Street, Echuca

For Sale | $615,000

8 Winbi Avenue, Moama

For Sale | $379,000

9 Struve Court, Echuca

Automotive

For Sale | $63,990 Drive Away LMCT 11422

2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT

For Sale | $38,990 Drive Away LMCT 11422

2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited Diesel

For Sale | $12,990 Drive Away LMCT 11422

2013 Jeep Compass Sport Auto

Opinion

People power wins the war for justice

ECHUCA Specialist School, local business, the community and this paper refused to go quietly into the night when the Victorian government abandoned the most vulnerable students in Echuca-Moama.

Riverine Herald

Green bins quizzed

Riverine Herald

11 Jul 2018

‘Save your constituents savings and superannuation’

‘Save your constituents savings and superannuation’ On February 14, 2018 with only seven of the 76 senators present in the House, the government, with no opposition from Labor or the Greens, passed the APRA Crisis Resolution Bill. Late at night...

Reader Contributed

Admission of my predictions require an explanation

WELL, well, well — I have some explaining to do.

Riverine Herald

People power wins the war for justice

ECHUCA Specialist School, local business, the community and this paper refused to go quietly into the night when the Victorian government abandoned the most vulnerable students in Echuca-Moama.

Riverine Herald

Green bins quizzed

Riverine Herald

11 Jul 2018

‘Save your constituents savings and superannuation’

Reader Contributed

People power wins the war for justice

ECHUCA Specialist School, local business, the community and this paper refused to go quietly into the night when the Victorian government abandoned the most vulnerable students in Echuca-Moama.

Riverine Herald

Green bins quizzed

Riverine Herald

11 Jul 2018

‘Save your constituents savings and superannuation’

Reader Contributed

Admission of my predictions require an explanation

WELL, well, well — I have some explaining to do.

Riverine Herald

Galleries

Man’s best friend

Who doesn’t love dogs? Here are our favourite doggos we get to meet at the Campaspe Animal Shelter each week

Luke Hemer

Echuca vs Seymour

Photos from Echuca’s big wins over Seymour on the footy field and netball court

Luke Hemer

14 Jul 2018

Tongala vs Cobram

Photos from the MFNL clash between Tongala and Cobram

Luke Hemer

14 Jul 2018

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EVENTS

Echuca Farmers Market

JUNE 30 Echuca Farmers’ Market Cooked breakfast, coﬀee and a wide selection of local produce. 8 am – noon, Alton Reserve, Hare Street, Echuca. For more information phone 0437 746 459

Jul

Riverine Herald

21 Jul

B74 Birthday Heritage Train Tour to Geelong

Fitting birthday tour for 65 years of service! Join us on a special celebration to Geelong for the 65th Birthday Celebration of B74. Explore Geelong’s waterfront and shopping precinct or take a coach to Queenscliff with a kit lunch. The tour...

21-22

Jul

Shepparton News

21 Jul

Nagambie Farmers’ Market

The Nagambie Farmers’ Market is held on the fourth Sunday of each month from 10am to 2pm at the Tahbilk Winery. It features butter, bread, fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, nuts, wine, olives, olive oil, beer, ice-cream, pies, flour, jams and...

22-23

Jul

Country News

22 Jul

Benalla Lakeside Craft & Farmers Market

Every fourth Saturday of the month including January. All funds raised are donated to the Benalla Community. Make it Bake it Grow it Sew it

28-

Jul

Ruth Jellif

28 Jul

Regional

Green light for works

The installation of traffic lights at the entrance to SPC KidsTown on Peter Ross-Edwards Causeway between Shepparton and Mooroopna will begin later this month.

Tara Whitsed

14 minutes ago

KDHS celebrates NAIDOC Week with smoking ceremony

NAIDOC celebrations were held around the country last week, and in Kyabram the local health service held an event to remember ‘because of her, we can’.

Lachlan Durling

Volunteers’ efforts praised

The CFA is well known in and around Benalla, but the extent of the time and effort put in by volunteers at all times of day and night can easily go unnoticed by the wider community.

Benalla Ensign

Ceremony could return

Last week’s NAIDOC Week presented the Deniliquin Rams Football Netball Club with an opportunity to start what it hopes will become a new tradition.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Battle for Murray

A battle royale is looming for the marginal seat of Murray in a state government election that is less than nine months away.

Southern Riverina News

Appeal puts food on table

Cobram and district residents can help struggling families during winter by supporting Foodbank and Woolworths’ national appeal.

Cobram Courier

18 hours ago

Old school site use questioned

Concerns have been raised by Member for Euroa Steph Ryan surrounding the future of the former Seymour East Primary School site.

Seymour Telegraph

Clubs agree on a merger

A NEW era begins — the Rochester Tigers and Rochester United cricket clubs will officially merge to form the Rochester Cricket Club.

Andrew Johnston

From the O’Keefe to simply amazing

TONI Gracia (pictured at the finish of her own enduro event), who kindly acted as a volunteer at the 2018 O’Keefe Challenge, recently participated in the American Western States.

McIvor Times

Kids’ camp leaders needed

Avis Weller from Girgarre is seeking leaders for a children’s holiday camp organisation.

Laura Briggs

Farmland values soar

The values of farmland in the district have more than doubled over the last two decades and larger farmers are becoming bigger. A recent report by Rural Bank indicates that northern Victoria values have soared from under $2,000 per hectare in 1997...

Jared Loughnan

A picture paints 1000 words

It’s true that a picture paints one thousand words. Billy Doolan, better known as Billy Doo, might paint with small, precise, intricate lines and dots, but behind the paint lays a big, deep and meaningful message. Born in Palm Island near...

Jarryd Barca

Rumbalara to again host Murray league grand final

Rumbalara’s Mercury Dve facility will play host to the Murray Football Netball League grand finals for the second season running.

Tyler Maher

Rural

New habitat for wildlife at Kyabram

The viewing platform on top of Brown Snake Hill is a prime bird-watching location.

Country News

Water

Research highlights challenges

Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief executive Phillip Glyde said new research highlighted the opportunities and challenges for water managers in incorporating cultural flows into Australia’s water management framework.

Country News

21 hours ago

Man’s best friend

Who doesn’t love dogs? Here are our favourite doggos we get to meet at the Campaspe Animal Shelter each week

Luke Hemer

Farmers put back in charge of farm management

Dairy News

3 hours ago

Livestock

Invest in rams to lift profits

The time is right for sheep producers to capitalise on record high lamb and wool prices by investing in genetic and big data technologies, which are continuing to come down in price.

Country News

Markets

Tide turns but more needed to lift confidence

THE NEW dairy season has just commenced, and there is already plenty to keep track of. We have seen some of the highest opening prices ever announced coincide with farmer confidence hitting a multi-year low, more farmers than ever changing processor...

John Droppert

13 Jul 2018

Hardy-heads brought back from the brink

Four Victorian agencies have been working quietly in the state’s north to stave off the extinction of one of Australia’s most endangered native fish — with impressive results.

Country News

Horticulture

Melons in comeback

Australia’s rockmelon industry is getting a helping hand from the Federal Government to help it recover from a deadly listeria outbreak that gutted the industry.

Country News

12 Jul 2018

‘Career path’ helps buck employment problems

EMPLOYMENT IS a major problem in US dairy with no immediate solutions on the horizon but a fourth-generation dairy farm is bucking the trend. Fiscalini Farms milks 1500 cows at Modesta in California’s Central Valley. It sells a variety of cheeses...

Stephen Cooke

MPs join wild dog fight

The Victorian Government is not doing enough to eradicate the threat of wild dogs in the Hume region, according to the chairman of the Cheshunt Wild Dog League.

Rodney Woods

Machinery & Products

What to look for in a feed mixer

UNIFORMLY MIXED feed components provide better nutrition, improved feed efficiency and cost, and the opportunity to reduce wastage. In dry times, when much of the feed can be purchased off farm with higher costs, efficiency is even more critical...

Dairy News

13 Jul 2018

Management

Water loss causes change in thinking

USING WATER in the right place at the right time is the key to future success for a young Western Australian dairy farming family. From Benger, two hours south of Perth, Mick and Sophia Giumelli are transforming their farm to reduce costs and the...

Rick Bayne

13 Jul 2018

Water

Basin example of global crisis

The Murray-Darling Basin has been cited in a new United Nations report that warns a global water crisis is looming and describes the important role forests can play to ease the threat.

Country News

17 Jul 2018

Cropping

Mix to the max

With high quality silage being the crucial component of an effective livestock feeding program, leading farm machinery manufacturer Kuhn’s latest addition to the Australian market promises to play a significant role.

Country News

From the Experts

Bringing new pastures on line

GETTING YOUR grazing rotation right is critical to maximise your pasture production. A well-managed rotation will help not only to boost pasture intake per cow but enable a more effective use of supplements. Establishing a rotation with newly sown...

Dairy News

22 Apr 2018

Littleproud wants action

The controversial chairman of Australia’s wool industry research body, who admitted to secretly viewing farmers in a focus group through a one-way mirror, could be forced out the door.

Country News

National & World

National

Chromosome loops key to killing cancer

Australian scientists have discovered that changes to the structure in part of our chromosomes could be to blame for cancer and some genetic diseases.

AAP Newswire

16 minutes ago

Finance

Coopers takes can-do approach to Pale Ale

Changing tastes for beers in cans has led Coopers to add a tinnie option to its flagship Pale Ale range.

AAP Newswire

20 hours ago

Trump plans to invite Putin to Washington

US President Donald Trump plans to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington despite an uproar over their summit in Helsinki on Monday.

AAP Newswire

8 hours ago

Cambage rips WNBA for ‘ladylike’ attempts

Liz Cambage has blasted the WNBA for their treatment of players while defending Thon Maker for his role in the Boomers-Philippines melee.

AAP Newswire