31/01/2002 | BALLARAT City Council has moved to prevent further destruction of the city's North Gardens Reserve by ordering the construction of an $8000 fence along Wendouree Pde.
31/01/2002 | VANDAL attacks on promotional banners were damaging the city's tourist image and morale, City of Ballarat city and cultural development general manager David Miller said.
31/01/2002 | Injuries and work commitments continue to frustrate selection of Ballarat's representative senior cricket squad for Provincial Division 1 Melbourne Country Week which starts Monday week.
31/01/2002 | THE substantial escalation in the war on terror, announced as part of US President George W. Bush's inaugural State of the Nation address, is understandable.
31/01/2002 | THE list of candidates for Ballarat City Council election continues to grow with Alfredton resident Martin Hill putting his hat in the ring in Learmonth ward.
31/01/2002 | A FIRE which threatened six houses, burnt through 750ha of grass and some crops in Talbot is believed to have been caused by an angle grinder.
31/01/2002 | VICROADS has warned the Ballarat City Council that failing to undertake planned road safety works at the intersection of Doveton and Sturt Sts could result in "tragedy".
31/01/2002 | MANY people heard it, many people saw it, but no-one knows what it was.
31/01/2002 | The source of a ``loud explosion'' which rocked central Ballarat last night remains a mystery.
31/01/2002 | BALLARAT'S primary schools were yesterday bubbling with laughter as 795 prep pupils had their first day at school.
31/01/2002 | BALLARAT swimmers have walked away from the Victorian Country Swimming Championships with a swag of medals.
31/01/2002 | Dutchcourage warmed up for $100,000 Victoria Pacers' Derby with a courageous win at Ballarat harness races yesterday.
31/01/2002 | WHEN smoke billows above the horizon it is always of concern.
31/01/2002 | SIX houses were saved by firefighters and Elvis the helitanker when a major bushfire burnt about 850 hectares of grass and bushland south of Maryborough yesterday.
31/01/2002 | THE ATMOSPHERE in the second floor control room of the Region 15 headquarters on Sturt St is calm, busy and professional.
31/01/2002 | VICROADS' determination to carry out further traffic calming measures in Sturt St and Sunday parking dominated the Ballarat council's first public meeting for the year, held last night.
31/01/2002 | AS thousands of primary school pupils returned to classes yesterday, six from the closed Lexton Primary School faced their first day at a new school.
31/01/2002 | ONE OF Australia's most famous paintings Shearing the Rams has been officially welcomed for a two-week run in Ballarat.
30/01/2002 | The Ballarat region's horror start to the year worsened this morning with the death of yet another motorist on the Western Highway.
30/01/2002 | GEELONG coach Mark Thompson wandered casually out onto the number one oval at Sebastopol's Marty Busch Reserve, notebook in hand.