DESPITE ongoing COVID-19 restrictions across the state, Motorsport Australia’s Targa had remained hopeful of being able to run the High Country event in mid-November.

REGIONAL and Rural Victoria is opening up once again with the easing of COVID restrictions coming into play as from last Wednesday night.

EXCITING works are under way at the Snobs Creek hatchery facility, which are set to make fishing even better across the region.

AN estimated $11 million is what businesses in the Mansfield Shire stand to lose if COVID-19 restrictions remain in place into summer.

THE convenience restaurant (touted to be a McDonalds) is one step further away from Mansfield following a practice day hearing in which the Mansfield Shire Council won three matters at VCAT.

IN a season that has already been hampered by restrictions, lack of snow at the worst time and a positive COVID case, Mt Buller took yet another big hit last week when the State Government advised all Victorian alpine resorts are closed to visitors...

WHILE Mansfield Shire Council’s overall performance rating in the recent annual Community Satisfaction Survey has increased by one per cent point to 52, at last week’s meeting council acknowledged that at six points lower than the state-wide average, there are several areas which require more attention.

DESCRIBED as one of the worst corners in Mansfield, the intersection of Victoria and Ultimo streets has claimed yet another accident.

MT Buller confirmed to the many hopefuls around the state, and especially on mountain, that it would continue lift operations beyond July 12, ensuring access to the ski area and lessons for as long as conditions permit.

RESIDENTS on the western side of Mansfield are furious that their pleas for safer pedestrian access have been ignored, yet a $200,000 plus footpath is almost complete in front of an industrial complex. Announced as part of the 2019-2020 capital...

THE Mansfield Shire Council is one of many local government areas yet to release their 2020-21 budget after recently postponing it until August 2020. A motion was passed in support of the decision at the shire’s monthly meeting on Tuesday, June...

THE Federal Government has recently rolled out the HomeBuilder grant, which is hoped to boost the economy and create jobs in the coming months.

MANSFIELD businesses are now eligible for the $10,000 Bushfire Recovery grants after it was announced last week that the federal and state governments would include new local government areas (LGAs) in the funding pool.

THE ‘Button Man’ of Mansfield has been tried, found guilty and hung out to dry by metro media outlets across the country.

BUSINESSES from across the Mansfield Shire are being denied bushfire funding support as the bizarre criteria behind the Small Business Grants come to light.

RETURNING cattle to the Alpine areas of Victoria and an increase in ‘cool burns’ are being recommended by the Mountain Cattlemen’s Association of Victoria (MCAV) as a means to reduce bushfire fuel in the High Country. Making their submission...

ALTHOUGH physically unable to gather and reflect on Anzac Day for the first time since 1919, across Mansfield Shire there were still signs of the community paying their respects.

NEXT year will see a new motoring festival on the local events calendar expected to attract 600 participants staying for three to four days. Mansfield Shire mayor Marg Attley said the Mansfield Classic Holden Nationals event was an exciting...

THE current pandemic is something that not many businesses and eateries across Mansfield Shire had prepared for - but that won’t stop those still open from delivering their services. And as many businesses have told the Mansfield Courier, there is...

LAST week it was announced that most Victorian students will be educated from home for term 2, which starts this week, to ensure physical distancing associated with COVID-19.

THOUGH access to the Mt Buller village currently remains open, the upcoming snow season remains in doubt due to COVID-19 restrictions.

MANSFIELD Shire Council recently turned down two planning applications - one for a convenience restaurant and the other for an amendment to an existing permit for a service station - in front of 80 people at Tuesday’s council meeting.

IT is estimated that at least a million dollars has been lost from the local economy after the entire shire lost power on February 1.

A PLANNING application has been made to the Mansfield Shire Council to build a convenience restaurant, sparking concerns that it is a covert attempt to bring McDonalds to town.

LAST week the forecast of rain was embraced by residents of Mansfield and surrounds, who suffered through less than 500mm of rain over 2019.