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Charity overflowing with funding requests

Some local charities that have sought the assistance of a Catholic church-based foundation will have to find money elsewhere as requests for funding inundated the office this year.

Latrobe Valley’s newly emerging communities

TRAINING for service providers to address the needs of newly emerging communities that have made the Latrobe Valley their home will be held at Gippsland Multicultural Services next week.

Girls encouraged to get handy with a tool

Women interested in learning more about a career in male-dominated trades are invited to attend a free workshop in Traralgon on 9 September.

Community voice raised

THE woman responsible for securing more than 25,000 signatures pushing for a long-term health study into the Hazelwood mine fire, is taking a stab at the Morwell seat in November's state election.

Through the wilderness

Fifteen kilogram backpacks, rations, and seven days of hiking alongside strangers. The latest Gippsland Wilderness Program camp threw up a raft of challenges for local youth.

Band blows away the competition

The City of Traralgon Band has recorded the win of a century, claiming its first-ever Victorian title on the weekend.

‘Have fun and do your best’

Singers, dancers, orchestras, bands and solo artists will hit the stage from Saturday onwards for the 59th Latrobe Valley Eisteddfod.

Close ties to be celebrated

Members of the Gippsland Indonesian Australian Association will celebrate Indonesia's 69th independence day anniversary in Traralgon this Saturday.

Green avenue to employment

African migrants struggling to find employment in the Latrobe Valley could find a future career in Gippsland's growing farming sector, through a hands-on horticulture training program launching next fortnight.

Donate on Daffodil Day

When a Latrobe Valley woman's father-in law decided to donate his cancer-ridden brain for research, shock and admiration swept over her family.

Welcome community boost

Latrobe Regional Hospital was one of 27 beneficiaries of a $500,000 community fund made available by GDF SUEZ following the Morwell mine fire.

Fight to keep RSL building

Rosedale RSL members and affiliates are fighting to stop the sale of their town's RSL hall amid plans to reinstate its sub-branch.

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