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Falls Creek and Mount Hotham have woken up to a blanket of fresh snow this morning with more snow forecast for the school holidays next week. A frosty one for our region this morning, warming up to 12 in Albury-Wodonga. Max temps: Corowa 12, Culcairn 12, Wangaratta 12, Corryong 10, Bright 11, Falls Creek -1.
It’s our very last Breaky Blog. We’ll be moving to a few format as of Monday continuing to give you the very best in news and weather. For now, catch up on news here:
Teens embrace their inspiration
Latisha Barton and her classmates were invested in Taryn Brumfitt’s story long before they learned she would be visiting the Border. The film Embrace has been inspiration for the group’s VCAL project. More here
Electricity prices to rise by up to 20 per cent this financial year
Frances Burdon rarely turns on the heater in winter. “I use a rug,” she says. The rising price of electricity and gas makes it hard to balance the budget. More here
Wangaratta RSL receives federal government funding to restore captured flag
“We came across what we thought was just a bit of a cleaning rag,” memorabilia and memorials officer Jim Cozens said. “We laid it all out with the museum people and they said, ‘Oh you’ve really got something here.’” More here
Border region’s getting bigger but also better
Grow too quickly though and it’s hard, sometimes almost impossible, to keep up with this change. Then there is a different sort of growth like that in Albury and Wodonga – prosperous cities with a tremendous economic diversity. More here
Jesse Featonby to fly Border flag in Wagga Cycle Classic
Albury cyclist Jesse Featonby will start among the favourites in this weekend’s $5000 Wagga Cycle Classic. Some of the best domestic cyclists in Australia will be among the 141 entries in the two-day event. More here
State of the nation
Need a national news snapshot first thing - well, we have you covered.
Regional news
► COROWA, VIC: The owner of the house made famous in Aussie movie The Castle has sent a strong message to potential buyers to stop dreamin' and step up to the plate. Read more.
► NEWCASTLE: Dog owners are being urged to take care after one dog died of poisoning and rat bait was found in an off-leash park in Stockton. Read more.
► DERRINALLUM, VIC: An attempted kidnapping brought the authorities to Glenn Sanders’ door on April 11, 2014, but police were well advanced in their plans to pay the Derrinallum explosives expert a visit, possibly the following week. Read more.
► BALLARAT: Sovereign Hill has been hit with a $25,000 fine plus costs for a quad bike crash that left a staff member with a broken arm. Read more.
► TASMANIA: The destruction of the ketch, Defender, is one of the greatest maritime tragedies in history, its former owner bitterly declared. Read more.
► WOLLONGONG: Anti-terror authorities will keep tabs for two years on a West Wollongong man who collected ISIS paraphernalia and called on Allah to destroy Australia – “this filthy country” – in the lead-up to Anzac Day. Read more.
► TAMWORTH: Goldwind Australia has been slammed by a trade union after three workers were injured in a single-vehicle rollover at White Rock Wind Farm on Monday night.. Read more.
► WAGGA: A Mangoplah pig farmer’s business could be in jeopardy after he was prohibited from owning his animals for a year in Wagga Local Court this week. Read more.
► The corporate watchdog has been called on to investigate recent trading of Aveo’s shares ahead of the company announcing a $145 million buy back this week. Read on.
► Students were told their parents weren't looking after them well enough and they would be taken away. Read more.
National weather radar:
World news
► MOSCOW: A court convicted five men of murdering Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on Thursday, but the late politician's allies said the investigation had been a cover-up and that the people who had ordered his killing remained at large. Read more.
► USA: Stepsiblings and half-siblings are allowed, but not nieces or nephews. Sons and daughters-in-law are in, but brothers- and sisters-in-law are not. Parents, including in-laws, are considered "close family," but grandparents are not.
The State Department issued new guidelines Wednesday night to US embassies and consulates on applying a limited travel ban against foreign visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries. Enforcement of the guidelines will begin at 8pm Eastern on Thursday (10am AEST Friday). Read more.