Clean-coal debate intensifies
DEBATE about the viability of much-touted clean coal technologies has intensified this week amid news of a coal allocation strategy for the Latrobe Valley.
‘Huge resource not to be ignored’
LATROBE City Council has welcomed this week's news that tenders will be thrown open shortly for expanded use of the Latrobe Valley's brown coal reserves but wants to ensure its future use is "value-added here".
Mining application rights withdrawn
A mining company has moved to alleviate community concerns, officially withdrawing its intention to pursue coal seam gas deposits in a mining exploration licence application covering the Toongabbie area.
No win for Latrobe Valley
THE Latrobe Valley is set to lose out economically and environmentally to the State Government's "immoral" ramp up of brown coal use, according to local and Melbourne-based environmental groups.
Mass protests on cards
The Latrobe Valley could become the site of more industrial action if the State Government fails to keep its promise, an education union representative has warned.
School denies restructure was planned
LAVALLA Catholic College's top administrative head has denied claims that plans to readjust its Newborough campus structure were crafted years ago.
Verdict offers little solace
THREE years on from Churchill's Black Saturday fires, accused arsonist Brendan Sokaluk was convicted, but the verdict brings little solace to the families of the bushfire victims, according to a grieving parent.
Jury hands down guilty verdict to Black Saturday Churchill arsonist
A FORMER Country Fire Authority volunteer has been convicted of deliberately lighting a bushfire on Black Saturday that claimed the lives of 10 people in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.
Traralgon girls take on Kokoda Trek
TWO Traralgon netballers could not be more out of place in the dense Papua New Guinean jungle, but Rebecca Crick and Kate Duxbury are counting on their gung-ho attitudes to carry them through.
It really was ‘One Perfect Day’
The Lyrebird Arts Council's 'One Perfect Day' concert certainly lived up to its name.
Entering a new world of health
THE brave new world of electronic health, and what it means for Gippsland, was explored at a major forum at Monash University Gippsland this week.
Wiggles come to Morwell
AUSTRALIA'S premier children's entertainment troupe The Wiggles are bringing their vibrant routine to Morwell.
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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...
