31 Dec 09 | DOG owners are being urged to lock up their pets ahead of fireworks displays across the south-west that will light up the new year tonight.
31 Dec 09 | JUDGING by William Ma's performance this week in Warrnambool, you wouldn't know he only plays on grass a few times a year.
31 Dec 09 | WHEN veteran cyclist Ian Turner read The Standard's Boxing Day story of 10-year-old Emily Blake lying in a hospital bed with serious road accident injuries he immediately felt empathy for the Nullawarre school bus crash victim.
31 Dec 09 | THIEVES are snatching alcohol from campers' eskies in Warrnambool's seaside caravan parks.
31 Dec 09 | WATER bombers and drunks have been put on notice by police, who have a string of new laws to enforce for tonight's New Year's Eve.
31 Dec 09 | A NEW population of a tiny dragonfly, whose only known relatives are fossils up to 300 million years old, has been discovered in the south-west.
31 Dec 09 | A REVAMP of duck hunting rules for next year has been described by shooters as environmentally responsible, but slammed by the animal welfare lobby.
31 Dec 09 | THE wide, wide west is a distant memory for Ryan Farrell's team.
31 Dec 09 | CRICKET Victoria is open to talks with the South West Indigenous Cricket Association, which claimed this week it had been snubbed by the sport's peak Victorian body.
31 Dec 09 | THE south-west is set to give Bryan Mann a dose of what he is used to on New Year's Day - sunshine.
31 Dec 09 | LISMORE district will lose its pharmacy branch today after 10 years, but residents can look forward to having their prescriptions via a unique door-to-door delivery service.
31 Dec 09 | A SIMPLE Christmas greeting can mean so much - especially if it's acknowledged by the Prime Minister.
31 Dec 09 | HOW do you help a terminally ill person and their loved ones face what lies ahead?
31 Dec 09 | PREDICTIONS of a boost in Australian tourism numbers next year have been welcomed in south-west Victoria, where visitor numbers have been hit by the global economic slump.
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30 Dec 09 | SINKING a hole-in-one is not easy but you don't have to be a keen golfer to get the glory - just ask Scott Risk.
30 Dec 09 | TWO years ago, they left the south-west to try to turn a quiet Melbourne pub into a winner.
30 Dec 09 | COREY McCullagh will enter the new year in pain from his hospital bed after sustaining severe burns to 25 per cent of his body when his speedway race car caught fire.
30 Dec 09 | Are you blood type "O" or "A"? If you are, the Australian Blood Service needs you.
30 Dec 09 | SURF'S up for families and visitors from all corners of the globe, who have hit south-west beaches to learn how to ride the waves.
30 Dec 09 | VICTORIA'S new public transport ticketing system is predicted to give south-west Victorians cheaper train travel to Melbourne.
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