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AGL out of coal by 2035

AGL will build 12 gigawatts of renewables and storage by 2036 as part of its announcement that it is closing Loy Yang A in...

Fourth greyhound dies at Traralgon dog track

A fourth greyhound has died at the Traralgon dog racing track since the new $5 million “j-curve” course was opened in January, designed to...

Farewell to our gracious Queen

By LIAM DURKIN AUSTRALIANS awoke Friday morning to news Queen Elizabeth II had died. The Queen died peacefully in her Scottish estate on Thursday night, 8.30pm...

ASH retail outlet brings customers

By DANIEL PEDERSON DEMAND sparked Australian Sustainable Hardwood's foray into retail sales at Heyfield. Locals kept phoning the Heyfield timber mill, looking for a bit of...

Cafe booted from Bairnsdale line

By TOM PARRY CATERING facilities will soon be removed from all Gippsland train services, despite being available on other routes across the state. The news comes...

Loy Yang A unit outage extended

AGL is being forced to extend its outage of unit two at Loy Yang A for another month after the generator went offline in...

Fire causes damage

LIFELINE Morwell was in ordered disarray on Monday morning after a fire wrecked parts of its Fleming St building at the weekend. Neighbours alerted fire...

Latrobe Valley fund-raising walk to combat MND disease

By STEFAN BRADLEY THREE years ago, Morwell local Debbie Wells enjoyed playing hockey. Now, barely able to walk, she requires full-time care as she lives with...

Tyers Art Festival set to return in full glory

AFTER having to conduct the Opal Australian Paper Tyers Art Festival as an online exhibition in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID, the Tyers...

Councillor wants Morwell seat

LATROBE City councillor Tracie Lund will again run as an independent candidate for the seat of Morwell at this year's state election, with a...

Dateline Thorpdale, not just spuds

THORPDALE, the hamlet nestled in the Strzelecki Ranges famous for its potato growing, has become the beating heart of Gippsland journalism. Three journalists who grew...

Watt a welcome visit by Minister

By LIAM DURKIN FEDERAL Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry and Emergency Management, Murray Watt, stopped by the region last week. Mr Watt was in Gippsland, meeting...

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Holding the line

By PEACE IJIYERA   ON the Saturday of Reconciliation Week (May 30), Indigenous author, Traditional Owner and Native Title Holder, Frankie Dunne, held a book launch...