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Impacts of Yallourn closure will reverberate throughout the region

Latrobe City has promised it will "continue to standby the community" after EnergyAustralia announced it would close the Yallourn Power Station in 2028

Transition concerns raised

Local Members of Parliament have raised concerns about the lack of a Latrobe Valley transition plan and to ensure there was enough energy replacement by the time Yallourn closed in 2028.

Local frontline workers get the COVID-19 vaccine

Latrobe Regional Hospital frontline health care workers offered their upper arms to be the first Gippslanders to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.

Closure date for Yallourn Power Station announced

EnergyAustralia has announced this morning that Yallourn Power Station will close in 2028

Aviation popular in Latrobe Valley

Recreational aviation can be as easy as driving a car.

Lovison case: Delays in DNA testing questioned

The trio charged with the murder of Newborough's Jarrad Lovison are still waiting on DNA analysis to be completed, a court has heard

Potato festival moved to 2023

Thorpdale Potato Festival organisers have cancelled the 2022 festival planned for the March long weekend and postponed it to 2023

Licence reviews are in

The Latrobe Valley's three coal generators have accepted the Environment Protection Authority's updated licence reviews, which sets pollution limits for Victoria's brown coal power stations.

Fatal collision at Hazelwood North

A man died following a collision in Hazelwood North on Saturday morning.

Petition tabled

Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath has tabled a Parliamentary petition calling on the Planning Minister to reverse his decision to approve the Hazelwood North battery recycling plant.

Vale Father Tom

Father Tom O'Connell remembered as a great of the Trafalgar community

Local teen eyes cowgirl crown

A Churchill teen and her talented steed are off to mix it with the country's best in the inaugural Australia's Greatest Cowgirl Challenge to be held in Tatura in October.

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