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Morwell MP Russell Northe hopes an event encouraging people to 'speak up' against bullying and raise awareness about mental health will leave people in a "positive frame on mind" on Saturday.

Gippslanders may have felt a slight shake in the early hours of Wednesday, when a 3.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded near the Thomson dam.

Yarragon community members have joined forces in a legal stoush to prevent a large service station from being constructed on the perimeter of the village.

While inclement weather prevented some outdoor activities from taking place, the rain couldn't dampen the smiles of young Collingwood fans as the Magpies swooped into Morwell on Tuesday. The session was hosted by Reclink, an organisation that runs programs to engage young people not involved in mainstream sport.

Gippsland as a whole is experiencing strong growth in building approvals, but the Latrobe Valley is not performing as well as other sub-regions, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.

Families are worried how residents at Churchill's Hazelwood House nursing home will cope relocating to Traralgon later this year.

Newborough resident of 27 years Katherine Chan-Tang has only sold a couple of hot drinks since completing a barista course.

They may have come face to face with lions and run for months to escape bullets and bombs, but when a bushfire started at Traralgon South in 2009 sending ashes and embers onto roofs, the South Sudanese community was confused.

At Jan Dunbar's Traralgon home the hands do more than the usual.

In a move to clarify whether Moe/Newborough residents are disadvantaged in terms of government funding for projects, Latrobe City councillor Sharon Gibson has requested council prepare a list of all state and federal government funding directed at the area over the last decade.

Local horse owners who love riding in the bush are being encouraged to have a go at endurance riding at a training weekend in Glengarry in March.

The Rosedale Post Office marked 150 years of providing a vital community service to the region on Friday, and according to its licensees, will continue to have an important role in years to come.