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Operation Scoreboard underway

STAFF WRITERS   POLICE are warning there will be zero tolerance for drink and drug driving over the AFL Grand Final long weekend. Operation Scoreboard, which kicks...

Morwell to host policing forum

BY KATRINA BRANDON   VICTORIA Police is holding a road policing and safety forum in Morwell on Monday, September 30. The conference comes as lives lost reaches...

Gas needed to secure local jobs

By PHILIP HOPKINS   MARTIN Ferguson, a former president of the ACTU and former federal Labor Minister for Energy, has called for a gas-fired power station...

Middlemiss makes his point clear

By PHILIP HOPKINS   LATROBE City Councillor Graeme Middlemiss, introducing last week's meeting in Morwell on nuclear energy for the Latrobe Valley, had a clear message:...

Nominations in for Latrobe City Council elections

By LIAM DURKIN   NOMINATIONS for Latrobe City Council elections closed at 12pm on Tuesday, September 17. Twenty people have nominated for local council positions. There are nine...

Police Beat: Home invasion

Police Beat with Katrina Brandon   Home invasion POLICE arrested an 18-year-old man after a police officer and elderly woman were injured last Wednesday (September 18). The arrest...

Information session to be held on nuclear energy

By PHILIP HOPKINS   THE long-term economic and social future of the Latrobe Valley is assured with nuclear energy, according to proponents of the nuclear industry,...

Biggest and the best

By PHILIP HOPKINS   VICTORIA'S largest solar farm, including a massive battery, is set to be established at Hazelwood North on a 1100-hectare property between Morwell...

Eisteddfod cost sparks motion

BY KATRINA BRANDON   THE Latrobe Valley Eisteddfod, a not-for-profit, recently commenced its 68th Eisteddfod, only to find that the community grant it had previously received...

Traralgon’s first shot at hosting

By LIAM DURKIN   TRARALGON had hosting rights to the third Gippsland New Energy Conference. The two-day conference was held last week, and attracted the best part...

Missing roof the extent of severe wind damage

By TOM HAYES   TWO wind storms from late August and early September have hit the community hard, as winds of over 100km/h hit the Latrobe...

SES and CFA tackle storm together

By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   LOCAL SES units and fire brigades devoted themselves to the community through a taskforce operation in the wake of the storm on...

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The day Morwell East marched the flag home

FOOTBALL MID GIPPSLAND By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   PAST players from Morwell East Football-Netball Club’s last senior flag gathered at the weekend during the Hawks home bout against Foster. The...