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Taking great steps towards a cure

A great physical challenge awaits Newborough resident Bianca Poxon.

Kind hearts honoured

Nine people who have continually provided care and support for children in need throughout Gippsland were honoured on Friday.

Jamie’s mobile kitchen arrives

From humble hands to a high-profile chef, a major initiative aimed at getting Latrobe Valley residents eating well and keeping active is gaining momentum.

A positive start

The mass congregation of young people at Morwell's new skate park following its long-awaited opening last week proved a perfect example of just how vital even relatively minor-league projects can be to the morale of battered commercial districts.

‘Pop-ups’ to revitalise

Local creatives are poised to occupy empty shopfronts across Latrobe Valley's central business districts, as part of RMIT University's ongoing urban revitalisation project.

A mobile transition

THE organisation set up to help disadvantaged women find and keep work will close its Morwell doors next month.

Monks in Morwell

Buddhist monks introduced Latrobe Valley residents to Tibetan culture at Latrobe Regional Gallery yesterday as part of their Sacred Footsteps tour around Australia.

Keeping wombats warm

A resurgence in the age-old art form of knitting at one Morwell primary school has provided some much-needed pouches for orphaned local wildlife.

Inspired by a lost loved one

Finding a cure to a disease that claimed her loved one has motivated a Tanjil South woman to ride 200 gruelling kilometres over two days next month.

Welcome relief

Margery Cole aged care staff and residents welcomed new medical equipment last week, which they said would provide some respite when performing daily procedures.

Picture perfect mission

A Traralgon photographer is compiling a book of pictures while pet-sitting her way across Australia to raise money for a charity close to her heart.

Promoting indigenous aspirations

Promoting indigenous aspirations

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