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Some Australian producers turn their backs on the major supermarkets because of what they say are unfair prices at the farm gate.

Miniature donkeys Pedro and Diego are the two latest additions to Jean Arnold's home in Cobram, Victoria. With the support of a few dedicated volunteers, Ms Arnold is training her four-legged amigos to be therapy animals in local aged care homes.

Students from Toolamba Primary School, near Shepparton, have won a national competition with their eye-catching cow 'Moolamba', and along the way brushed up on their nutrition knowledge.

Several wet years and this month's cooler, spring-type temperatures have been ideal for raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries, but as prices drop at the supermarket there's a real fear expenses will overtake profits for growers.

TAFE NSW says enrolments have doubled for a course that gives medical receptionists the skills to help doctors and nurses with patients.

The AlburyCity council will not present citizenship or community awards on the January 26 public holiday, citing community sentiment and dwindling engagement with the current date.

More than a century after the end of World War I, the generosity of an Upper Murray community comes full circle in the form of a much-needed international donation.

The Wangaratta council has refused to endorse the event at Eldorado after police and fire authorities raised concerns about emergency management plans.

More than 1,000 signatures have been added to call for a strip club to be stopped from opening in the heart of Albury. But its would-be proprietor says the town "really needs one".

Police have arrested a man and woman after investigators released CCTV footage of a suspect in the shooting of a 26-year-old in Thurgoona late on Thursday. 

Under the scheme, eligible bottles and cans can be returned to recycling centres for a 10-cent refund.

An inquest into the death of prominent Albury man Roger Schnelle at a local mental health unit uncovered an unfit facility struggling with service and culture issues. 

Pasco Gasperov could speak four or five languages when he arrived in Australia from the former Yugoslavia in 1968, but couldn't speak a word of English. That quickly changed when he enrolled in English language classes.

The organisation representing doctors and surgeons in Albury–Wodonga say it has "serious concerns" for patient safety after it emerged parts of Albury hospital has been damaged by shifting foundations.

When the waters rise in Wangaratta, this beloved cartoon landmark has served as an unofficial flood gauge for more than four decades.

Seven people have been diagnosed with colorectal cancer after Albury Wodonga health authorities conducted nearly 1,100 repeat colonoscopies for patients who received defective treatment from surgeon Dr Liu-Ming Schmidt.

A group of councils in the Loddon Mallee region is working to jointly appoint a dedicated regional housing officer, as part of a region-wide housing action plan.

Police say a 22-year-old man suffered significant facial burns after he was allegedly set on fire by another man attempting to ignite an aerosol can.

Eczema Support Australia calls for regional GPs to receive training specific to the skin condition to help sufferers amid a shortage of dermatologists.

One in 10 new dads — about 30,000 men — experience perinatal depression per year. Now Deakin University research aims to find ways to boost social connections to give new fathers better support.

A regional survey has been launched in a bid to provide better health services for young people in the Murrumbidgee, where mental health issues and teen pregnancy rates have soared above national averages.

The rising cost of living is exacerbating the foster carer shortage in regional communities, prompting calls for government to increase the carer allowance.