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Greens rally to close Yallourn

The Victorian Greens will be rallying on the steps of Parliament on June 18 as part of its campaign to close the Yallourn power station within the next 10 years.

Outage won’t have an impact

An unexpected outage caused by a failure on a generator at Loy Yang A power station in May could take up to three months to fix, AGL says.

Grand plan to hit right key at arc

A Steinway grand piano sits in Lucy and Brian Chapman's Drouin lounge room, waiting to be relocated to Yinnar for an exhibition.

Hunt is on for creator of Morwell time capsule drawings

A time capsule containing drawings believed to be from a young girl 22 years ago has been found by a family in Morwell.

Churchill recycling options grow

Churchill residents will soon be able to get rid of their old X-ray films and send them to recycling.

Tenants fear rent hike

A number of public housing tenants could be slugged with significant increases to their rent following hikes to the rental market across the Latrobe Valley.

Puppy love at schools has calming effect on kids

It would seem some schools in the Latrobe Valley have gone to the dogs but not in the traditional, negative sense of the phrase.

GPs drive quit talks

Smokers across Gippsland can expect to talk to their doctor much more about quitting now that a Latrobe Valley trial program has expanded across south-eastern Victoria.

Fellowship to revive fibre arts

Koonwarra artist Meg Viney-Bell was seven months pregnant when her former husband said he had a job in America and they would be leaving in three months.

Rent hike concerns tenants

A number of Latrobe Valley public housing tenants are concerned an increase to their rent will constrict their spending in other vital areas such as food or electricity.

Cold winter awaits homeless family

Danielle Cowell moved to the Latrobe Valley with her four children in the hope of finding a cheap rental for them to live in. Instead, the family of five is facing a Gippsland winter in a small caravan at Willow Grove, with no access to hot water.

Fowlers graduation

While Jeeralang father Tim Fowler has not yet landed the job of his dreams, graduating with his bachelor of environmental science was a "proud moment" for him.

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Rails delayed due to freight train fault

The Gippsland line is experiencing another major delay, as services have been halted for the past hour due to a freight train fault at Caulfield. V/line anticipates...