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For year 11 student Elliot George, finding a group of peers who had shared experiences was crucial in fighting feelings of isolation.

A Traralgon Indigenous woman has stuck firmly to her principals by refusing to accept a NAIDOC award after learning it was sponsored by private prisons corporation Serco.

Morwell Neighbourhood House is taking part in Plastic Free July, with staff actively avoiding single-use plastics and products with plastic packaging throughout the month to reduce their contribution to plastic pollution.

He could have been a rising star of the Collingwood Football Club but Bill Welsh's love for family and community was more important to him than the lure of fame.

Bus commuters will once again see Latrobe Health Advocate Jane Anderson on public transport to hear their concerns and desires around health and wellbeing within the Latrobe Valley.

An independent agency that looks into the safety and quality of support and services provided through the National Disability Insurance Scheme starts operating in Victoria this month.

He is without doubt the most recognisable footy fan in the country but last week Jeff 'Joffa' Corfe, the face of Collingwood, donned his famous gold jacket in Morwell to barrack for a cause of a different kind.

More Latrobe Valley farmers are crying out for help as dry conditions worsen into winter, sparking a renewed push for the region to be formally recognised as drought-affected.

Eddie Beulke has lived in Morwell his entire 70 y ears of life and knows the area like the back of his hand. However, it was a trip in late March to the now-closed Hazelwood pondage where he made his biggest discovery.

Latrobe Valley Squash is expected to have new facilities by early next year after the state government announced it would fund upgrades to a facility in Churchill.

Providing an environment conducive for someone experiencing the end of life, coordination of available services, a space that values intimate relationship and where memories can be created, were some of the issues raised during a forum on palliative care that was organised by Latrobe Health Advocate Jane Anderson.

The fictional town in which Alison Stuart's new Australian historical novel The Postmistress is set might seem very familiar to Gippsland readers.