Volunteers and donations welcome as Cowes refuge prepares to lay out the welcome mat

Defence tech boss buys former Holden Proving Ground at heart of Western Port Woodlands

MP and Mayor clash over interim overlay and funding

Cr Brett Tessari says big election year needs a full time mayor.

Brett Tessari returns for his fourth term as Bass Coast mayor after the resignation of Rochelle Halstead.

More dog parks, more no-go areas as council seeks balance between dogs and wildlife

No-frills budget sticks to core services and maintenance in uncertain times

Bass Coast joins the chorus of councils calling for fossil fuel companies to pay for the impacts of climate change.

A man who narrowly escaped drowning has thanked Wonthaggi Hospital staff who helped to save his life.

IT'S BEEN a long haul for Friends of the State Coal Mine but on Friday they got the news they had been waiting for: work will begin this month to restore the underground mine ride.

Pipeline in place as crews prepare to reshape Inverloch’s Surf Beach

Residents fear delays to coastal works expose the beach to winter storm surges.

Phillip Islanders have a natural interest in what happens across the bay, writes Maurice Schenkel.

Pay $4000 or lose the seal – road plan set to test neighbourhood unity.

The Bass Coast Winter Shelter is set to reopen in June after a successful pilot season last year.

Bass Coasters may be better than our city cousins at spotting dangerous surf, but most of us are still guessing.

Wellington’s rates push revives questions about AquaSure exemption

WORK on the new Kernot bridge is expected to start next month, after the council awarded the tender for the project at today's additional council meeting.

Bass Coast councillors say they have no legal grounds to stop the felling of 44 trees as part of a major redevelopment of a Phillip Island holiday park.

Inverloch's Surf Parade Shared Pathway is a step closer to completion with the council beginning the formal process to make a section of the road one way to allow construction of the final stage.