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Beekeepers targeted once again

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   LATROBE Valley Beekeepers Association have again been the victims of another hit. The community gardens at Moe's Joe Tabuteau Reserve, once featuring vibrant...

Collaborating to combat erosion

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   BLUE Rock Lake has benefited from major earthworks and community-led constructions in recent weeks, as local landcare groups seek to rehabilitate a...

On the road and airwaves with truckie Tim

By PEACE IJIYERA   LOCAL truckie Tim Ryan has been keeping the transport community connected for close to 30 years. As host Gippsland FM radio show, Truck’n...

Police Beat: charges reissued for Morgan killing

Police Beat with Aidan Knight   Hit and run A MAN was arrested following a hit-run collision in Morwell on Saturday (February 28). Emergency services were called to...

Seeing is believing: longest thunderstorm batters Latrobe Valley

By AIDAN KNIGHT, BLAKE METCALF-HOLT AND KATRINA BRANDON   SEEMINGLY out of nowhere, the Latrobe Valley and broader Gippsland region was hit with chaotic, slow-moving thunderstorms...

Severe thunderstorms awakening heavy rain

STAFF WRITERS   SLOW-MOVING thunderstorms erupted through the Latrobe Valley from the earlier hours of Friday, February 27. Some locals took to social media to report that...

Peak body urges PM to act on tobacco

By AIDAN KNIGHT   FOLLOWING new economic modelling, the Australian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) has urged the Prime Minister to reassess the country's tobacco excise. Tobacco...

Wholesale price down, for now

By PHILIP HOPKINS   VICTORIA has recorded the lowest wholesale power prices in Australia, according to the state government, but Origin Energy maintains the cost of...

Enough with hoon motorbikes

By PEACE IJIYERA   AT around 9pm most weekends, Morwell resident Dave Lethborg says you can almost guarantee you'll hear the sound of motorbikes howling through...

Lynn applies for bail

By AIDAN KNIGHT   FORMER Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn, the man at the centre of the alleged High Country Killings in 2020, has applied for bail...

Local brewer gains high beer cheers

By AIDAN KNIGHT   GOOD Land Brewing has quickly become an iconic staple of Gippsland since its doors first opened five years ago, and a recent...

BESS won’t harm environment, company assures

By PEACE IJIYERA   THE Latrobe Valley might be home to another battery energy storage systems (BESS) after a project proposed by European Energy entered the...

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Mighty Moe back with the big guns of bowls

BOWLS STRZELECKI NORTH SATURDAY PENNANT BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   BACK against the very best. Moe will return to the top level of Strzelecki North bowls after clinching the Division 2...