THE push to turn the Ovens and King valleys into a food bowl will hit top gear this month, with Wangaratta Unlimited set to launch a marketing prospectus. more --->

John Brown (left), Wally Mortimer (centre) and Jack Goodwin are on a mission. more --->

Children with burns was the most common injury Wangaratta surgeon Frank Miller had to attend to during his recent two week visit to Dili in Timor Leste (East) on a trip sponsored by the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. more --->

WANGARATTA is becoming an increasingly popular destination for holiday tourists. more --->

RESULTS of the long-awaited Ovens-Murmungee Aquifer Study are expected to be known next month. more --->

Lightning lit up the sky in Wangaratta on Thursday night, with the accompanying thunder shaking the odd house, and causing cats and and dogs to to freak out. more --->

PROBLEMS in aged care are many, with too few solutions of change to help those at the coalface - the nurses - and the facilities, which are suffering from a severe lack of funding. more --->

BRUCK Textiles chief executive officer Alan Williamson is taking a “cautious” approach to 2010. more --->

ITO EN Australia Green Tea is enjoying its best year since opening its North Wangaratta processing plant five years ago. more --->

A PASSION for music and teaching has brought Mel Taylor-Ryan back to Wangaratta almost two decades after she left. more --->

NEW Wangaratta Umpires Board president Shane Downie has hit the ground running in his first year in the head position, declaring umpires are an integral part of the game and clubs need to start treating them with more respect. more --->

THE Wangaratta Turf Club’s track problems look to be a thing of the past with club chief exceutive officer Malcolm Hart saying the surface was in superb condition for today’s mid-week meet and that the rain last week had added the finishing touches. more --->

WHOROULY/Gapsted has done its best to avoid the battle for the final two remaining spots in the finals by producing a commanding batting display on day one of its clash with the Wangaratta Magpies on Saturday. more --->