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A Traralgon-based commercial fisherman with a passion for the environment has taken out a top fine food award for sustainably-sourced produce.

Volunteers took to the Tyers roadside reserve on Sunday to pick up rubbish to coincide with Regional Roads Victoria's Adopt a Roadside program.

The Victorian government is standing firm over travel expenses incurred by Latrobe Valley Authority chief executive Karen Cain which have come under fire by the Coalition.

Local businesses were reminded to prepare ahead of the state-wide ban on the use of lightweight plastic shopping bags starting in November and make the transition to reusable and eco-friendly bags.

A program to address digital isolation among the elderly will start at Gippsland Multicultural Services tomorrow with classes in different parts of the Latrobe Valley and across the region.

Five local primary and secondary schools are now offering healthy lunch choices for students in compliance with the health department's School Canteens and Other School Food Services Policy. Latrobe Community Health Service health promotion officer Alisha Brooks said until this year only one Latrobe Valley school complied with policy which uses a traffic light system to categorise food and drink options for students.

More than 100 artworks of various mediums and materials will be on exhibit this weekend as the Morwell Art Group stages its 62nd annual art show.

Police have praised the behaviour of drivers across the Latrobe Valley, but say more needs to be done to curb the scourge of drug-driving.

Black and white photographs and distant memories are all that remain of a small village built to the west of Morwell's township during the glory years of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in the early 1950s.

Walhalla has been put on the map as an electric vehicle destination with two new charging points in town to encourage more drivers to stop by, plug in and relax.

Latrobe Valley women are being invited to have a yarn with Indonesian delegates about financial independence for women and how these ideas can be shared in Indonesia.

The Stop Adani movement became local when a number of Gippsland environment groups rallied outside engineering company GHD's Traralgon office on Friday.