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More retirement units needed in Mathoura

DEMAND for additional retirement living in Mathoura has prompted an application for NSW Government funding. Murray River Council has submitted an application for two extra units to be built at the Mathoura Retirement Living facility from its share of...

Ivy Jensen

The Lead with Charmayne Allison - October 15

Tonight on The Lead with Charmayne Allison, the Campaspe Murray Mental Health Network held a free cruise recently for mental health month

Riverine Herald

Moama farmer sues Monsanto

MOAMA farmer Ross Wild is the first farmer in Australia to launch legal action against global chemical giant Monsanto, claiming its product Roundup has caused his cancer. Mr Wild, 67, has used Roundup on his mixed farming property since its...

Riverine Herald

Moama farmer sues Monsanto

MOAMA farmer Ross Wild is the first farmer in Australia to launch legal action against global chemical giant Monsanto, claiming its product Roundup has caused his cancer. Mr Wild, 67, has used Roundup on his mixed farming property since its...

Riverine Herald

Oaks Day Luncheon set for November 7

ATTENTION ladies of Echuca-Moama. Vivid’s FUNraising Committee’s Oaks Day Luncheon is just around the corner, which promises a fun day with friends all in support of people with disability. Back for its fourth year, all money raised will go...

Jared Prestwidge

Treasured coins stolen in Echuca daylight burglary

AN ECHUCA man has lost his treasured collector’s coins in a daylight burglary last week. And police are appealing for information from the community to help to find them. Detective Senior Constable Troy Wickham of Echuca Criminal Investigation said...

Riverine Herald

Echuca police issue warning after 11 car crashes in four weeks

TEN car crashes in four weeks. That is the alarming number of collisions we have had in Echuca. That’s more than two a week. And it doesn’t include the ones that went unreported. The concerning rate of accidents has left police shaking their heads...

Ivy Jensen

Parents overestimate their children’s ability to swim

SWIMMING classes are no safety guarantee for children using rivers, billabongs and dams during the coming summer

Ari Balle-Bowness

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Riverine Herald

Echuca teenager takes stand against cyber bullying

“I DON’T drink enough water to cry this many tears”. That two years ago these words were even considered, let alone spoken, by a 14-year-old girl was sad enough. By a 14-year-old girl who soon after took her own life. Hounded to death by cyber...

Riverine Herald

Fifth annual Campaspe Carp Catch on the horizon

THE FIFTH annual Campaspe Carp Catch is fast approaching, so Echuca-Moama residents are encouraged to dust off their rods and register to win some fantastic prizes. The free-to-play competition will run from 12-3pm on October 20, with five...

Riverine Herald

Diamond anniversary for Joyce and Graeme Moffatt

IN THE 1950s if you wanted to go to the UK you went by ship. Only royalty and captains of industry could afford to fly. A plane to the mother country might take two or three days, depending on weather and load, making as many as five stops along the...

Ari Balle-Bowness

Breaking the Silence: Ryan Grace

As part of Mental Health Week, nine locals from Echuca-Moama and surrounds will share their stories. After attempting to take his own life in 2012, Kyabram’s Ryan Grace began a gradual journey towards healing which has ultimately led him to...

Charmayne Allison

Campaign for new Moama police station reaches boiling point

MOAMA’S cry for a new police station to replace its current crumbling, cramped facilities has become deafening.

Charmayne Allison

Crowdfunding page set up for Moama fire victim

STANDING in front of the charred shell of his dream home, Steve Walker had nothing left but tears

Ivy Jensen

Locky Hotel ‘is a goer’

FROM the bar stool to the drawing board, then off to the accountants – not all great ideas come from the pub, especially if you’re thinking about buying the place.

James Arbuthnott

Breaking the Silence: Narelle Fraser

As part of Mental Health Week, nine locals from Echuca-Moama and surrounds will share their stories. Burnewang’s Narelle Fraser loved every minute of her 27 years as a detective with Victoria Police, until a horric paedophilia case left her...

Charmayne Allison

The Lead - October 12

Tonight on The Lead PETstock Echuca is set to host a pet-microchipping day next Saturday

Riverine Herald

Breaking the Silence: Paul Harrison

As part of Mental Health Week, nine locals from Echuca-Moama and surrounds will share their stories. After attending a traumatising crash scene while in the CFA, Kotta’s Paul Harrison was thrown into the dark world of post-traumatic stress. If it...

Charmayne Allison