Know your role
AS parts of the region continue to feel the effects of a bushfire which has raged for a week, reports of investigations into possibly deliberately lit fires continue to filter in through the media.
Helping those in need
GIPPSLAND Emergency Relief Fund has launched an appeal to support families affected by the Aberfeldy-Donnely's Creek Fire, which is still burning in some parts of Gippsland.
Valley’s brightest university bound
It was smiles all round for the best and brightest at Latrobe Valley high schools last week when their duxes discovered they had received offers for their first university preferences.
Path through Gippsland
The ability to live at home and learn in smaller sized classes were factors which influenced a Flinders College student's decision to study at Monash University Gippsland this year.
On high alert
FOR the Piper family from Toongabbie, the last three days have been emotional.
Fridge old, but still humming
Valerie Massey never expected she owned the oldest appliance in Latrobe Valley, but it should not have come as a shock that her 58 year-old refrigerator had years on the competition.
Too good to waste
The plight of fruit farmers, whose produce is laying wasted, has prompted a Morwell man to establish an action group and a plan to get farmers a better deal.
Designing a new life
TRARALGON resident Argyro Gavalas is more accustomed to designing women's clothing, but a move to the Latrobe Valley two years ago saw the Melburnian begin to craft a new life for herself.
Koffee contributes to community
A mobile coffee van funded to support the Boolarra community served more than 330 customers during its first three outings after months of planning and organising.
Residents prepared
When the Aberfeldy-Donnellys Creek fire threatened to hit Walhalla Thursday night, Walhalla residents remained calm and bunkered together to defend their town.
New medical clinic for Malaita
A PROJECT to provide a medical clinic for the highland region of Malaita has taken a significant step forward with the recent purchase, in Honiara, of all the hardware requirements.
Redevelopment completed
RAWSON'S Dunstan Pavilion has been officially opened following a $230,000 redevelopment.
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From the archives with Aidan Knight
50 years ago
The Express, April 2, 1976
The pong stays for winter
THE APM "pong" will continue to offend Latrobe Valley noses for yet another winter....
