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Morwell digs deep for kids

The Royal Children's Hospital is a cause close to the hearts of Jannine Janiw and her daughter Jessica Ashmead.

Toby’s climate fight

An 11-year-old student from Mirboo North has ramped up his climate awareness campaign after mustering about 150 students out of local classrooms for a strike in March.

LRH mental health service review

An independent review into the workplace culture at Latrobe Regional Hospital's mental health service comes as a "relief" to a union, which says it will start to address issues of bullying and intimidation raised by its members.

TAFE seeks feedback

Federation Training's annual report reflects a decline in student numbers but its chief executive officer Grant Radford said it was an anticipated fall due to students waiting for free TAFE courses.

Park sections remain closed

Southern sections of Morwell National Park remain unsafe and are closed for rehabilitation works until further notice, two months after the Yinnar South-Budgeree bushfire.

Pageant drives Leanne’s cause

A spare piece of cake was the unlikely influence for Budgeree resident Leanne Potter to take on pageantry.

Library a place for all

Award-winning author Scot Gardner says libraries have changed his life.

Volunteers wanted to mend rail trail

Maintaining 67 kilometres of rail trail that attracts more than 3000 people a month is no small feat, let alone for a team of volunteers.

A helping hand for parents

A charity supporting families across Gippsland during pregnancy and the first year of their child's life is calling for ongoing government funding.

Steelvision saga referred to police

Victorian police are set to investigate "suspected fraudulent conduct" by embattled company Steelvision after the state government this morning referred the matter to police.

Riveting reflections of a chimney builder

Memories of mateship and good times flow back to Hermann Wasmayr as he flicks through a personal collection of photographs taken during the construction of the Morwell Power Station.

Stack demolition set for Sunday

Latrobe Valley residents can watch on as two 94-metre chimneys at the former Morwell Power Station collapse on Sunday in a demolition process expected to take less than five minutes.

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