Lexie Jeuniewic

Ballarat CFA, Ambulance, FRV, and police are on scene at Ballarat Gold Mine after two people became trapped underground.

Emergency services are working to free one miner that remains trapped in the Ballarat Gold Mine after a rockfall on Wednesday afternoon.

More than 100 people have united for the biggest tribute run to date for Samantha Murphy, who was allegedly murdered after setting off on her regular Sunday run.

A regional Victorian gold mine where a worker died in a rockfall and another was seriously injured reopened the same week the tragedy unfolded.

The regional Victorian city of Ballarat is singing out for the state government to boost support for local tourism, as capital cities bask in the economic afterglow of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.

A 23-year-old woman found dead near the regional Victorian city of Ballarat has been remembered as a "bright" person with a "heart of gold".

A 21-year-old man will appear in the Ballarat Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, charged with the murder of Clunes woman Hannah McGuire.

Hundreds of millions of beverage containers have been returned through Victoria's container deposit scheme (CDS), but none have been wine or spirit bottles.

A regional Victorian initiative dedicated to providing new clothing to vulnerable people is struggling to keep up with demand as donations from its retail partners decrease.

Dismayed Ballarat family service providers want Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to urgently intervene after a "shocking" decision by the state's Magistrates Court to axe a crucial men's behavioural-change program.