Ashlee Aldridge

North-east Victorian residents express their anger about possible hospital service mergers as discussions about the future of the state's healthcare system intensify.

A distressed humpback whale tangled in a huge mass of fishing equipment has been freed after a major rescue effort off the Gippsland coast in Victoria. 

Constable Hugh Bracken, right, who insisted the infamous bushranger be captured alive, has been shunned by history. Now there's a push to honour his actions.

"You walk around the log and ask it what it wants to be, sometimes it talks back," says Kevin Duffy, who is busy carving a "seat of reflection" from an old giant sequoia in the north-east Victorian town of Beechworth. 

Former churches are being given a new lease on life as homes and holiday accommodation, as places of worship close their doors and are sold.

A Melbourne mother and a pilot have died after planning to spread the ashes of a relative in Victoria's north-west.

Mates Barry Holland and Ross Stewart died after they were struck by a father of two who had been using methylamphetamine to combat fatigue, a court has heard.

Concerns are growing for Steven Clough, 58, who hasn't been heard from since leaving his campsite for a dirt-bike ride on Friday afternoon.

Noah Souvatzis has been remembered at a coronial inquest in Melbourne this week as a beautiful, gentle boy who loved cuddles, lived for The Wiggles and never got his "chance at life".

Hundreds of trucks pass through Rutherglen every day and locals are losing hope that they will ever see a bypass built. Regardless, they say action needs to be taken as a matter of urgency.

Victorian border communities are expressing their frustration amid another statewide lockdown, while just across the Murray River life is a little less restricted.

Regional NSW is bracing for the worst after local petrol stations were listed as exposure sites overnight as two removalists who later tested positive for COVID-19 stopped in various locations across the state.

The veteran journalist opens up about about the death of his younger brother as he throws his support behind a touching community event.

An infection control expert says mandatory COVID-19 testing for Melbourne snow visitors is a "sensible" idea, but a local mayor doubts the requirement is viable.

When Ernest Marcuse fled Germany to Australia during World War II he never thought he'd be recruited by the Australian Army as an artist.

Author and playwright Gabriel Bergmoser's latest novel, based on his experiences growing up in Mansfield and Mt Buller, has been optioned for a feature film.

A Victorian MP says statewide approaches to lockdowns are not the answer, and has called on the Victorian government to provide a clear plan for any future outbreaks. 

Regional  pilot training programs call on the federal government to allow international students to quarantine onsite to keep their schools running.

This CFA volunteer began donating blood to help stem his nosebleeds. Half a century on, he's donated enough blood and plasma to fill a 600L tanker.

Victorian border residents will once again be able to travel into NSW without needing to comply with stay-at-home restrictions following a late-night change to the NSW Public Health Order.

The seven-day lockdown means Denise Farington and Stafford Simpson's Victorian guests will not be able to attend — even those living just kilometres across the border in Wodonga.

High rates of veteran homelessness in Australia spurs former military mates to take on the Murray River

A new report says there are too many barriers facing the tourism sector's recovery in Victoria's north-east, with some businesses facing premium hikes of up to 400 per cent in bushfire-affected areas.

A southern Riverina farmer says mouse numbers are surging again after a short reprieve with the extra cost of dealing with them an unwanted burden.

The Department of Primary Industries is investigating reports by local anglers who say the infected fish are suffering from large rashes and sores.