Echuca News

Drugs stolen in Echuca Amcal robbery

POLICE are investigating after Echuca’s Amcal Pharmacy was held up this morning. The Hare St robbery occurred about 8.55am where a man threatened staff members before stealing a large amount of pharmaceutical drugs. No-one was injured. The man was...

Ivy Jensen

Man arrested over Echuca burglary

A MAN has been arrested over a burglary in Echuca last year.

Ivy Jensen

Leave your car running and risk theft: police

HAVE you ever left your car running while you duck into the shop for a coffee?

Ivy Jensen

Leave your car running and risk theft: police

HAVE you ever left your car running while you duck into the shop for a coffee?

Ivy Jensen

Free re-usable shopping bags for Murray Plains

MEMBER for Murray Plains Peter Walsh is offering his constituents free re-usable shopping bags before plastic bags are banned in Victoria in November this year.

Charmayne Allison

Thousands of dollars in precious jewellery stolen in Echuca burglary

AN ELDERLY woman has lost thousands of dollars in precious jewellery after a burglary at her Echuca home.

Ivy Jensen

Flip’s off and racing - and the racing won

It seems just about everyone knows Flip Evans. Indeed, it’s hard to find a corner of the twin towns community where Flip hasn’t been involved in one way or another. Coach, sportsman, parent, publican, businessman, innovator, teacher, adviser and...

Riverine Herald

Cenotaph walls develop lean

CAMPASPE Shire council has today (August 15) placed temporary fencing around the Echuca Cenotaph due to structural concerns with the memorial walls surrounding the cenotaph itself.

Lachlan Durling

Bakeries fight for furry friends

BAKERIES are uniting in the twin towns to raise money for a worthy paws.

Alex Gretgrix

Part of Paramount Theatre up for sale

CAMPASPE Shire is looking bring down the final curtain on their involvement in the Paramount Cinema complex, with expressions of interest open for the purchase of cinema one.

Lachlan Durling

Echuca water meters to go digital

COLIBAN Water will begin the roll out of its digital metering program in Echuca this week - the largest town in the program so far to have the new technology installed.

Lachlan Durling

Vivid launches history book

IT HAS been more than 50 years in the making and now Vivid’s history has been immortalised in an 80-page hardcover.

Lachlan Durling

Daffodil Day will turn twin towns yellow

ECHUCA-MOAMA will turn bright yellow on Friday, August 23 when Daffodil Day returns to the twin towns.

Charmayne Allison

Locals encouraged to ask: R U OK?

ARE you OK?

Charmayne Allison

Ben Nexhip can finally breathe easy

BEN Nexhip can still pinpoint the moment his life reached a crossroads.

Charmayne Allison

Six Echuca winners at CWA state exhibition

>>CWA notes

Lachlan Durling

New heritage walk at Picnic Point

PICNIC Point is now home to a new heritage walk, preserving the story of the local timber industry and celebrating its history.

Charmayne Allison

Daine will rock Kyvalley

KYVALLEY Hall will be rocking and rolling when Yarrawonga’s own Daine Runnalls takes to the stage next month.

Alex Gretgrix

Police to target road trauma in Murray River district

Rural road trauma is the focus of a police operation that will be running in the Murray River Police District this weekend. Operation Chrome will be in place from today through to Sunday, with police working alongside Traffic and Highway Patrol...

Ivy Jensen