News
Shire welcomes newest citizens
Colac Otway Shire is set to welcome five new Australian citizens during a special ceremony today.
Arrest over broken windows
Police have arrested a man who allegedly smashed stained-glass windows at a Winchelsea pub.
Letters to the editor
Gas harvesting near Port Campbell, energy prices, and Colac’s visitor information centre closure feature in today’s letters.
Red Cross seeks blood donors
Red Cross will bring its blood donation van back to Colac next month and is asking donors to book in.
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.
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.
Motorcycle crash claims local
A Barongarook man has died in a motorcycle crash at Dreeite, with police investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Whiskey shock: pandemic sinks distillery plan
Continuous COVID-19 complications have forced a Western Australian distillery company to abandon plans for a whiskey distillery in Colac that had been almost three years in the making.