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Another hot day and night on the way for Albury-Wodonga with a top of 36. Max temps: Corowa 34, Culcairn 35, Wangaratta 36, Corryong 34, Bright 33, Falls Creek 20.
Catch up on news here:
Norma's one in a million suffering stiff person syndrome
Norma Judd was forced to give up her five-acre property after a year of hell in which she struggled to walk and make basic movements. More here
Burrumbuttock Hay Run starts today
120-plus trucks will roll out of Darlington Point in NSW this morning for a three-day haul to Muttaburra in Queensland for the 12th Burrumbuttock Hay Runners event. More here
Crash pilot praised by Wodonga customer
The pilot involved in this week’s fatal crash near Essendon Airport impressed a former Wodonga customer with his friendliness and skill. More here
Albury Racing Club's upgraded track on track
Albury Racing Club will press ahead with its comeback race meeting on March 4 after horses returned to the track for jump outs on the upgraded surface on Wednesday. More here
Codes go Gaelic for charity
Twin City Wanderers soccer club and the Murray Cray’s over 35s football club will play Gaelic football on Good Friday for charity. And like so many unique ideas, it came about after a few beers. More here
Regional
A wheelchair-bound man missing for nearly 12 months has been found in Wangaratta.
Raymond Croxford, 61, was last seen at a home in Preston last March.
An Illawarra high school teacher has been refused bail accused of having sex with one of his female students.
National news
Failures in both the engine and 'feathering' system, that pilots are not trained to deal with, may be behind Tuesday's fatal plane crash, experts say.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of "torpedoing" plans for recognising a Palestinian state, causing "enduring frustration" for diplomats attempting to bring peace to the region.
Scott Hargrave is a former Canberra concreter who transformed his life to become head brewer of Queensland's best beer.
Along the way, he's had help from AC/DC and some of Australia's best surfers.
National weather radar
International news
In keeping with his campaign's focus on more jobs and fewer undocumented migrants, President Donald Trump is creating more than 15,000 new immigration enforcement, border control and judicial posts to root out millions of what Americans call "illegal aliens".
Australia is pushing for Australian universities to be permitted to open campuses in Indonesia as part of a free trade deal that both countries hope will be finalised this year.
Maybe it will be called the Donald duck-around. It's a sort of diplomatic glad-game in which what is apparent to the entire world is not raised, and a phone call that stung goes unmentioned.
On this day | February 23
1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
2008 – A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
The faces of Australia: Halauafu Lavaka
Halauafu Lavaka will put his rugby league dream on hold to pursue another long-held desire.
The 22-year-old will follow in the footsteps of Will Hopoate and serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read more.