Haystack fire at Adelaide Mushrooms burns into third day
The Country Fire Service has warned about smoke in the area of Monarto South as the fight to extinguish the blaze continues.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
Murray Bridge disability care provider fined over sexual assault
The employer of a support worker who was assaulted by a client in 2020 has been convicted at the South Australian Employment Tribunal.
Editorial: Don’t flood our memories with fences
People need to be kept safe, but they should be able to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event, too, writes managing editor Peri Strathearn.
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Flood relief centre opens in Murray Bridge
Locals whose properties have been affected by the River Murray floods can seek help at the Rambler Football Club seven days a week.
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At Riverglen, volunteers band together to save their farms
If this levee bank, south of Murray Bridge, goes, the cost to local producers will be enormous. They're determined not to let that happen.
2022 in review: Local stories that made our year
From a housing crisis to a mayor's retirement, a footy league shake-up and River Murray floods, look back on the top news stories from the past 12 months.
Happy Christmas 2022 from Murray Bridge News
Managing editor Peri Strathearn reflects on a huge year for the Murraylands' independent local news service.
Emergency services are ready for whatever the River Murray floods throw at us
Rescue specialists from interstate, and members of the Australian Defence Force, are doing what they can to help around the Murraylands.
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Things to do in Murray Bridge: December 23, 2022-January 12, 2023
All you need to know about Murray Bridge Magic, school holiday activities and more over the Christmas-new year period.
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Murray Bridge Council Watch: December 2022
The latest on a swimming season extension, an SANFL game plan, tributes to the late Dr Andrew Mills, the council's COVID-19 vaccination policy and more.
The Murray Valley Standard sold to Victorian company
Murray Bridge’s newspaper will change hands for the third time in five years – it has been sold by Australian Community Media to the Star News Group.
COVID-19 in Murray Bridge and surrounds
We published regular updates on case numbers, vaccination rates and exposure sites in the Murraylands between December 2021 and December 2022.