Articles by Jacob Traynor

  • Local cases trend down

    Colac Otway Shire has recorded 80 new COVID cases over three days, but the shire’s active case count has dropped nearly 25 per cent.

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  • Motorcycle crash claims local

    A Barongarook man has died in a motorcycle crash at Dreeite, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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  • Forty years of fun and games

    The Warrion Playgroup is celebrating 40 years, with hundreds of families through its doors – and its leader is still just as passionate.

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  • Ceremony will include Colac doc

    Former Colac surgeon Dominique Robert will soon become one of Colac Otway’s newest Australians.  

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  • Our next big sporting hope?

    Could the Commonwealth Games come to Colac and district?

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  • Booze brothers removed from road

    Two Colac district brothers caught drink driving and playing a game of boozy musical chairs will be off the road for almost a year.

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  • New COVID rules for schools

    COVID rapid testing will be in place for at least the first four weeks of Term One under the State Government’s back-to-school rules announced yesterday.

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  • Driver airlifted after crash

    A 20-year-old woman has been airlifted to hospital following a truck rollover in the Colac district, with police praising the truckie’s quick thinking.  

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