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The release of 70 spotted tree frogs on Mount Beauty is the first since 26 were recovered in 2021 after the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires. Zoos Victoria says the bushfires destroyed 50 per cent of the frogs known Victorian habitat.

Biologist Deon Gilbert says this month's Victorian release of 70 juveniles from a spotted tree frog breeding pool is incredibly heartwarming.

The fiancée of a man who died when his light plane crashed in the Victorian High Country believes he was let down by the system and was not given adequate training to be a safe and competent pilot.

More than twelve months since a landslide cut off access to a ski village in the Victorian Alps, locals are optimistic 2024 will see Bogong High Plains Road completely cleared.

A man was trapped under a fallen tree for several hours after an intense storm swept through north-east Victoria, authorities say. 

Just days before the King's Birthday long weekend marks the beginning of the snow season, Falls Creek businesses are optimistic about the months ahead after taking a "big hit" over the summer.

The McEvoy name is synonymous with Colbinabbin. But a return by ex-Hawthorn premier player and captain Ben "Big Boy" McEvoy alongside his brothers wasn't enough to get a win in a special one-off AFL match.

Alpine residents, business operators, and snow bunnies are hoping the landslip-struck Bogong High Plains Road will open this month linking Mount Beauty and Falls Creek.

The only road in and out of Falls Creek will reopen in April but struggling businesses are lamenting the loss of trade across the lucrative summer months.

A small-town op shop is eyeing the milestone of raising half a million dollars in donations for the local hospital. It wouldn't have been reached so quickly without the pandemic or a determined volunteer known as Granny Barb.

Locals in Victorian High Country resort Falls Creek are calling for targeted financial assistance for businesses hit by the landslide on the Bogong High Plains Road.

It's hard news for families divided and businesses facing yet another cancelled tourist season, as a serious landslide blocks access from Mount Beauty to ski village Falls Creek.

Mathew Farrell, 42, was the sole occupant of a recreational aircraft that crashed in the north-east Victorian high country. He is being remembered as a talented cinematographer, pilot, outdoorsman and a wonderful friend.

The body of the 42-year-old pilot and his light aircraft have been found in dense bushland in the state's north-east, west of Lucyvale. 

Forestry crews have been gathering seeds from Victoria's giant ash trees to regenerate forests damaged by bushfires. Erin Somerville reports.

Scientists are nervously waiting to see if Australia's bogong moths will return this year after numbers have plummeted, but Hollywood technology is being deployed to help track the moths down.

The frequent testing requirement for snowfield workers is impacting alpine taxi drivers' ability to transport customers to the Victorian snowfields due to a lack of local COVID testing infrastructure.

For many years, cross-country ski training has not been on offer for Falls Creek teens. But a group of Winter Olympians has joined forces to change that.

The 2021 ski season was meant to be one of recovery for towns like Mount Beauty, but businesses are now facing a nervous wait.

Amanda Dutton says you can call her crazy, but she knows what she saw. While studies have found that she and hundreds of others have simply mistaken feral animals for exotic predators, one expert says there's "nothing absurd" about the reports.

Two local Victorian councils have seen their first women majorities elected, a sign that a Government campaign to improve representation might be working.

Regional Victoria has become a land of its own — locked in by state borders and Melbourne's ring of steel, different rules apply here. And people are making the most of it.

Medical staff have been told to fly to Sydney and then travel to the New South Wales border instead of being able to cross the state line.

Victorian ski resorts bar visitors from Melbourne coronavirus hotspots as holidaymakers flock to the slopes, but a Victorian Alpine health service says it wants COVID-19 testing to be turned around faster.

Victorian alpine communities ready to hit the slopes after the ski season date is announced.