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Residents in the regional Victorian community are concerned a proposed 665-hectare solar farm would change the microclimate of the renowned grape-growing region and drive away tourism.

Determined to save Guildford's "spiritual home", a local campaign to buy the store for $1 million and reopen it as a community cooperative is underway.

The McEvoy name is synonymous with Colbinabbin. But a return by ex-Hawthorn premier player and captain Ben "Big Boy" McEvoy alongside his brothers wasn't enough to get a win in a special one-off AFL match.

Whether it's watching their bills go up 65 per cent or having to work seven days a week, general store owners in country Victoria say it is tough being in business. 

Some Central Victorian schools fear a child will be killed if small improvements are not made to local roads, with principals witnessing near misses and seeing trucks speeding through school zones.

Councillors have unanimously voted to start community engagement before making a decision next year on the fate of seven public pools.

It's official — silo art brings visitors to the regions but getting them to spend locally is another matter.

The snap lockdown looked set to spell disaster for some Victorian businesses relying on a Valentine's Day boost, but their counterparts in NSW were on hand to share the love.

Regional communities tired of watching businesses pack up and move out are increasingly buying and running pubs, general stores and post offices to keep their towns alive.

Tourism and accommodation businesses are rejoicing as holiday-makers flock to Central Victoria for the Grand Final and Melbourne Cup long weekends.

A Benalla artist has been socially distancing in the sky as he paints six silo artworks.

Campaigners in northern Victoria fight to keep their local swimming pools open.

Campaspe Shire councillors have warned ratepayers that tough decisions will have to be made about the future of the region's public swimming pools.

The future of National Broadband Network services east of Bendigo is back on the Campaspe Shire's agenda.

An emergency warning issued for a grassfire near Toolleen and Colbinabbin in northern Victoria has been downgraded to an advice level.

A consultant has found that detailed flood mapping of a northern Victorian lakes system would be complex work and very costly.

New microfiltration plants are being installed in five small towns that are serviced by Goulburn Valley Water.

A small earthquake measuring 2.9 on the Richter Scale hit central Victoria last night.

Federal Education Minister Julia Gillard has promised to personally review stimulus money allocated to Colbinabbin Primary School.

Police are warning drivers to take care on the roads this school holidays, following a fatal car crash at Colbinabbin, west of Bendigo, yesterday morning.

Police in Victoria are urging young people to be more careful on the roads following six deaths overnight.

Federal MP Sharman Stone says Bendigo's main superpipe is leaking and not working effectively.

Work is expected to start in March on re-aligning a notorious intersection north-east of Bendigo.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road smash at a notorious intersection in northern Victoria.

An irrigators' group says it was responsible for barricading the Premier inside a water pumping station in Victoria's north last week.