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A hobby taxidermist planning to hold workshops in Trafalgar said it was hard to keep up with the flood of email enquiries after advertising online.

Morwell mother-son duo Diane and Nick Penney may not have returned from the World Raffa Championships in Argentina with any silverware, but they did Australia proud.

Sunday brought perfect running weather with supporters and spectators lining the streets to create a festival-style atmosphere for the 21st annual Harriers Community Fun Run and Walk.

A Latrobe City report detailing the break-up of funding between Latrobe's major towns is a waste of council resources, Latrobe City central ward councillor Alan McFarlane said.

An elderly man was flown to The Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition after he was struck by a train near Moe station at about 2.30pm on Tuesday.

Federation University academic Dr Antoinette Holm is the latest contender to throw her hat in the ring for seat of Gippsland in the upcoming federal election as the endorsed Labor candidate.

Latrobe Valley local Casey Bonacci had to move from the area to kickstart a career in event management. However, with some experience under her belt and some business mentoring, Ms Bonacci's "very new" event management business will be set to thrive in Gippsland's "growing" events industry

Having lived with chronic pain for a number of years, Geraldine McClure believes the "single most effective thing" she did to help in her recovery was to educate herself about pain.

An excavator operator who worked on the Hazelwood mine fire has detailed the "excruciating" pain he lives with on a daily basis since developing two life-threatening conditions months after the fire was extinguished, the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court has heard.

As a child, Newborough balladeer and country music singer Evan Platschinda could barely say 'g'day mate', but more than six decades later he is regularly recognised for his performing and songwriting.

A Latrobe Valley man who lives with a pacemaker understands how mental illness can go hand-in-hand with heart problems.

Nearly 600 people were welcomed at the Light of Hidayah mosque in Morwell two days after an horrific attack on Muslims in New Zealand.