KIEWA Valley residents will benefit from a new recycled effluent water treatment plant and pipe system to irrigate local sport fields and parklands. more --->

THE Mt Beauty swimming pool is finally open to the public after months of closure due to essential repair work which took much longer than expected to complete. more --->

THE rebuilding of a Victorian High Country icon was completed last week, five years after it was destroyed by bushfire. more --->

FORMER Alpine Shire councillor, Mario Vaccaro, has called on the Municipal Election Tribunal to review the shire’s recent election. more --->

POREPUNKAH resident Travis Wayth has raised more than $10,000 for the National Breast Cancer Foundation after covering about 190km from Eden to Jindabyne. more --->

POREPUNKAH green tea growers Colin and Sue Walker are reaping the rewards of an almost 10 year labor. more --->

THURSDAY morning saw a small unofficial party walk on the new Fainter Falls walking track. more --->

MYRTLEFORD’S Visitor Information Centre has undergone a facelift thanks to the efforts of the Alpine Shire Council’s Alpine Ambassadors and community volunteers. more --->

THE Upper Kiewa Valley Lions Club held its annual Carols by Candlelight in Mt Beauty’s Federation Square last week. more --->

KIEWA continued its dominant start to Cricket Albury Wodonga’s District First Grade season, notching its fourth win from as many matches when it defeated Mt Beauty by 44 runs in Saturday’s one dayer. more --->

THE Bogong Cup Hang Gliding 2009 Championship will be held in the Kiewa Valley between January 14-22. more --->