29 Sep 10 | THE drought-battered town of Rankins Springs will have a little more to celebrate next weekend when it holds its annual Birds of the Bush Festival and Spring Fair.
With the best crop in more than a decade in the ground, the town is hoping for its biggest festival yet, featuring a colourful array of activities and attractions.
29 Sep 10 | LESLEY Bock has been enjoying the spring weather and the extra run on the course, while also avoiding the heavy rough, to take the prize in division one on both Wednesday and Saturday last week.
29 Sep 10 | THERE'S no such thing as a vitamin C deficiency in the Bugno clan.
And the Hanwood citrus farmers, one of the oldest farming families in the district, thought there was no orange abnormality or fruit mutation they hadn't seen.
29 Sep 10 | It's the end of an era, with one of the nation's largest wine producers announcing it will close its Griffith site within weeks.
Employees of Orlando Wines' Wickham Hill Winery were told on Tuesday the Jensen Road site would close on October 29, bringing to an end a long history in the region.
29 Sep 10 | THE Griffith Tennis Club has shown its class at the Hay Open tennis tournament last weekend, with a plenty of singles and doubles titles being brought back to the local club.
29 Sep 10 | GROWERS remain divided over the future prospects of their income security when it comes to selling their grain after harvest.
With this year being the first real test of the system since the deregulation of the single desk, over 100 farmers from all over the region turned up to a wheat marketing forum yesterday to hear what their options will be come selling time.
29 Sep 10 | THE absence of rain over the past two weeks saw the return of run on the Griffith golf course fairways, and when combined with the less punishing rough, there were plenty of excellent scores over the past week of competition.
29 Sep 10 | ONE of the district's best-known irrigation properties has been sold for more than $10 million to a superannuation fund specialising in agricultural investments.
Darlington Point's Huddersfield was snapped up by Sustainable Agricultural Funds in a deal brokered by Lawry Owers, the director of Rawlinson and Brown Griffith.
29 Sep 10 | MURRUMBIDGEE MP Adrian Piccoli has resumed hostilities with Premier Kristina Keneally, dismissing her as "wholly owned subsidiary" of factional heavies.
Last weekend marked six months until NSW electors head to the polls and Mr Piccoli used the occasion to launch a withering attack on the state's first female premier.
29 Sep 10 | A TEENAGE fugitive has taunted police from his Facebook page, daring authorities to catch him after six weeks on the run.
The 18-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been on the lam and is believed responsible for a string of recent break and enters, car thefts, home invasions, assaults and dangerous driving offences.
29 Sep 10 | HE HAS looked down on the cycling world from one of its highest peaks three times before, and Michael Rogers is backing himself to add another UCI road time-trial world title w
29 Sep 10 | FORMER Yoogali Soccer Club star Andrew Vitucci is poised to celebrate his rookie season at APIA Leichhardt by signing a three-year deal with the NSW Premier League side this week.
28 Sep 10 | After being unceremoniously dumped from the role last year, Councillor Dom Testoni has been elected to the deputy mayor's position.
27 Sep 10 | DON’T be surprised if the Red Dirt Run Cutting Show becomes the next big annual event in Griffith after the inaugural showing went off flawlessly, with officials and competitors raving about the city and their welcoming attitude to the rodeo sport.
27 Sep 10 | BRIAN Halse is clearly not a man interested in easing into a new role or taking time to find his feet.
In less than two weeks all hell will break loose when the Murray-Darling Basin Authority releases it proposed cuts to water allocations.
27 Sep 10 | GRIFFITH'S Real Juice Company will forge ahead with a major expansion after council approved a $300,000 loan for the business.
The money, part of council's industry assistance program, will enable the Harward Road processor to create up to 20 new positions and complete vital infrastructure work.
27 Sep 10 | TONY Burke has been in the water portfolio less than two weeks but already there appears to be a noticable shift in rhetoric compared to his predecessor.
Since taking over from Penny Wong, Mr Burke has repeatedly indicated the government must do more to ensure communities can cope with less water.
27 Sep 10 | THE largest KFC store in the country will be the centrepiece of a new multi-million dollar retail hub in Griffith.
Echuca-based company Shayden Restaurants lodged plans for the first stage of the Oakes Road/Jondaryan Avenue development last week.
27 Sep 10 | GRIFFITH mayor Mike Neville has reimbursed council more than $3000 he was paid in error while on extended sick leave last year.
The Department of Local Government has ruled Councillor
27 Sep 10 | THIS is the image that will send a shudder up every local farmer's spine.
Still almost three weeks out from the region's official locust hatching date, the voracious pests have started sprin
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