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...
CFMEU, state government put on high alert
By LIAM DURKIN
ABSOLUTE power corrupts absolutely.
Pressure is mounting on the state government in the wake of widespread corruption allegations on CFMEU Big Build sites.
A...
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Maroons grind out hard fought victory
FOOTBALL
GIPPSLAND LEAGUE
By LIAM DURKIN
ROUND 8 of the Gippsland League was spread across Saturday and Sunday at the weekend.
The round carried greater gravitas than usual,...
