Francesco Salvo

Nancy Mullarvey treasures the time she spends with "wonderful" high school students at her Swan Hill aged care home. Their time together is part of a volunteer program with benefits for all involved.

Victorian water tank manufacturer Polymaster has been fined for failing to provide a safe work environment after a worker's thumb was severed in a workplace incident.

The Australian Services Union alleges confidence in senior leadership at Swan Hill Rural City Council is "horribly low" and a toxic workplace culture exists throughout the organisation.

WorkSafe charges Polymaster Pty Ltd with a number of offences under the state's Occupational Health and Safety Act, after two separate unloading incidents with tragic consequences.

Chloe the cat's movements will likely remain a mystery but her owner says she is readjusting well to family life.

After playing a crucial role in pollinating Victorian almond orchards and a week caught in a varroa mite surveillance zone, Queensland's Murray Arkadieff and his 1,000 beehives are finally heading home.

A court has found Mr de Pieri misused his position when he tried to tell a potential Mildura council CEO candidate what to say to an interview panel of which the renowned cook was a member.

Trained pooches will make weekly visits to a hospital in north-west Victoria to cheer up patients and staff who might be feeling stressed or lonely.

David Gaskell and his partner were watching the Shane Warne memorial when Dael Newman entered their home and went "berserk".

Police believe the two vehicles collided just after 1pm on the Murray Valley Highway in north-west Victoria, while in a separate incident in Mildura, two officers suffered minor injuries after their van was hit by a car at a busy intersection.

Nine Fijian recruits have spent months practising drills and completing assessments with a Victorian brigade. They are now ready to defend their new home from natural disasters.

Ron Dehne's interest in the Ford began when he was a teenager working his first job at a regional Victorian dealership. This weekend he plans to open his collection to the public.

Retired paddle-steamer PS Gem's journey up the Murray River to its forever home was expected to take 10 days, but would last nine months. The iconic boat's arrival at Swan Hill in Victoria's north-west in 1963 is being remembered 60 years on.

Food relief initiative A Good Kitchen is helping to tackle the cost of living crisis by hosting a free two-course dinner every week.   

Reclusive rescue goats found roaming the streets of a regional Victorian city have been put to work eating weeds after nobody claimed the ravenous animals.

Claire Fry's property became an island in October last year and the flood wiped out half of her chicken flock. But now breeding programs have recommenced and her business is rebounding amid high demand.

Months after postponing the closures because of an ongoing Senate inquiry, the bank has announced that branches in several states will remain open indefinitely.

After beating a rare form of blood cancer, much-loved grandmother Jan Neville is turning 80. Her family is marking the milestone with a World's Greatest Shave ceremony.

Robinvale marks a special Anzac Day this year with the retirement of the district's longtime piper John Keating, and the 70th anniversary of the local cenotaph being unveiled.

Small communities are rallying against plans to close regional bank agencies and branches, signing petitions and taking to the streets to keep their local facilities open.

Authorities continue to clean up and dispose of rotting fish from Victoria's Kangaroo Lake, where thousands of carcasses were discovered in a mass death event similar to a recent kill in New South Wales.   

Dael Newman, 41, sat unmoving during a brief court appearance via video link in which he pleaded guilty to killing 58-year-old David Gaskell a year ago.

The scrapping of temporary protection visas means Rohullah Hussaini is a step closer to meeting his three-year-old daughter for the first time and reuniting with his wife, as part of a new start in Victoria's "heart of the Murray".

Hospital operators say they want the revamped facility to be welcoming and inclusive as members of Swan Hill's Indigenous community cleanse the site ahead of construction.

Victorian health authorities have warned communities in the state's north-west to take precautions against mosquito bites as tests confirm a woman in her 60s who died earlier this month had the virus.