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MORE than 50 riders cycled through the hills of Gippsland recently and raised $50,000 towards preventable blindness.

Local author Margareta Osborn "lives and breathes" country to such an extent that she could not imagine writing a book about anything else.

A MEDICAL clinic is extending its hours in Moe to encourage more women to participate in cervical screening examinations.

At the age of 38, Moe mother of three 'Jane' realised the pitfalls of her biological clock.

The rights of "donor children" born prior to 1988 to know the identity of their biological parents has won out over anonymity, after a parliamentary committee inquiry recommended changes to legislation.

CALLING the Grand Strzelecki Track anything short of "grand" would be an understatement.

THE Grand Strzelecki Track was born out of the efforts of two communities, namely the Balook and district communities surrounded by the Tarra Bulga National Parks in the east, and the Jeeralang communities surrounding the Morwell National Park and Billys Creek Valley in the west, to establish a walking track through the ranges.

REDUCED rates for retirement villages in the region are being investigated by Latrobe City Council.

A proposed waste paper recycling plant to be built at the Maryvale mill would have "big implications" for the Latrobe Valley, according to Australian Paper.

A Morwell industrial maintenance company is moving to employ extra staff during an industry wide downturn, after tapping into the tight Western Australian market.

LATROBE Regional Hospital has sought to reassure the local community its perinatal outcomes are overwhelmingly good - and improving - despite alarming current statistics.

A 51 year-old was convicted and sentenced to three months' jail on a 12-month suspended sentence after a magistrate found him guilty of two counts of dangerous driving.