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Latrobe Inspector Rob Wallace says Victoria Police's new digital radio system should be in place by Christmas and is expected to secure police networks and reduce interference in regional Victoria.

Lawrence Norton literally rolled into Morwell last week in his 1949 double decker Leyland bus on his return from a men's wellness weekend in Licola.

Victims of institutional abuse have spoken out following Prime Minister Scott Morrison's National Apology to victims and survivors who were sexually abused as children.

A person who stole a ute and more than $4000 worth of tools from a car park at Mid Valley Shopping Centre last month is yet to be found.

The local community is being invited to help people ditch cigarettes in the Latrobe Valley at a workshop to tackle the region's high smoking rates.

South Gippsland Shire councillor-elect Rosemary Cousin is hopeful she can work positively with her new colleagues despite allegations of bullying and harassment and the resignation of two councillors.

A Coalition government would attempt to tackle a regional skills shortage by reinvigorating the Gippsland Tertiary Education Council which was scrapped in 2014.

Loy Yang A owner AGL has moved to reassure the community that it has no plans to close following comments to investors which suggested the plant could close early if power markets did not warrant major expenditure to keep it going until 2048.

Disability advocacy groups have welcomed an announcement that a pedestrian refuge island and line markings will be installed at the western end of Commercial Road in Morwell.

Loveable basset hounds Stevie and Lola enjoy "flopping around" and attacking the backyard sprinkler at their Hazelwood North home.

You don't have to be a mental health professional to ask a loved one if they are ok. This is the message Friends of Lifeline, a group of passionate volunteers and mental health advocates, have been advocating through the Mind the Valley project, a series of sessions with more than 200 community members discussing how to have conversations with friends and families around mental health and wellbeing.

Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D'Ambrosio was in Traralgon last Tuesday to inspect St Paul's Anglican Grammar School's energy efficiency efforts.