New unit targeting arsonists launched
A STATEWIDE effort to crack down on arsonists has seen the introduction of a new specialist police group to target high-risk areas.
FIBA funds boost
THE FIBA Oceania Pacific Youth Basketball Championships received a leg up just days before its opening ceremony with a $15,000 funding boost from the State Government's Significant Sporting Events Program.
Suspicious fire
WELLINGTON Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance with regard to a suspicious fire that occurred in Rosedale on Tuesday.
Change to council meeting time
NEW councillors took to Latrobe City Council chambers with intent to "refresh" and bring change, starting with the council meeting time.
Illegal dumping
A SUSPECTEDÂ illegal asbestos dumping less than 200 metres from the Tyers residential area has reignited calls for Latrobe City Council to drop tip charges for disposal of the dangerous material.
Former McCormack Demby sites sold
Former McCormack Demby sites sold
From ‘paddock to plate’
FED-up with flavourless vegetables, passionate foodies Ian Martin and Irene Isherwood live by the motto "paddock to plate".
Boost for early learning
A $300,000 grant will be used to develop an additional early learning centre at St Pauls Anglican Grammar School, Traralgon, which was announced last week.
Warm weather sparks fire
TEN emergency crews extinguished a fire at Energy Brix, Morwell, after a coal pile self combusted last Monday.
Lives saved by strangers
IT has been almost a decade since a happy event - the birth of her only daughter - resulted in Traralgon's Jodi Galea almost losing her life.
‘Symbol of community’
TRARALGON resident Peter Harrison's sentiment on the gold medal, which lies glinting in its black leather casing, was clear: it is a symbol of community, strengthened and forged in the embers of the Black Saturday bushfires.
Quantum builds better relationships
LATROBE Valley support service providers checked out Quantum Support Services' youth residential building during an open day in Morwell last week.
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Energy hubs here to help
By PHILIP HOPKINS
A SOUTH Gippsland livestock farmer, Lindsay Marriott, has backed renewable energy, in a presentation to a Senate inquiry.
Mr Marriott, a beef and...
