Repairs funded amid damning report
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
A $99.5 million rebuild and recovery package has been announced for the most damaged roads in the state, including those damaged by...
Price tag of Games cancellation
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
IT cost the state government around $590 million to pull out of the 2026 Commonwealth Games a new report finds.
Victorian Auditor-General (VAGO)...
Fighting farm fatigue
STAFF WRITERS
SHEEP and cropping farmer Jack Armstrong knows that in agriculture it pays to be proactive with safety, particularly when it comes to managing...
LRH to receive Good Friday funding
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
LATROBE Regional Health (LRH) is among five regional hospitals that will benefit from this year’s Good Friday Appeal for the first time...
Council advocates in Canberra
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IN the lead up to the Federal Budget being handed down this May, Latrobe City Mayor, Darren Howe, and chief executive, Steven Piasente,...
Nurses and midwives at crisis point
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
PUBLIC sector nurses in Victoria have taken a step toward protected industrial action following a vote on Thursday, March 21.
On behalf of...
Police Beat: Attempted kidnapping in Traralgon
POLICE BEAT with Zaida Glibanovic
Attempted kidnapping on busy Traralgon street
LATROBE Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating an attempted kidnapping in Traralgon last Thursday (March...
LRH’s Premier premiere
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE Premier of Victoria, Jacinta Allan, and the Minister of Health, Mary-Anne Thomas, visited the Latrobe Regional Hospital (LRH) last Friday (March...
Experts query wind plans costs and timing
By PHILIP HOPKINS
THE state government is accelerating planning approvals for renewable projects as several energy experts have predicted that Victoria's wind energy will be...
Liberals seek nuclear social licence
By PHILIP HOPKINS
WITH the Latrobe Valley a possible site for a nuclear power station, the federal Opposition has upped the argument for nuclear as...
Games ‘losers’ vent their anger
By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC
THE cancellation of the Commonwealth Games was a "very big low" for the Latrobe Valley Badminton Association and the broader community, the...
More projects get funding in budget
THE March Latrobe City Council meeting on Monday, March 5, was a bit unusual, with both Mayor Darren Howe and Deputy Tracie Lund not...
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Information wanted on Morwell incident
By KATRINA BRANDON
MAJOR Collision Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for information after a man was found deceased on the side of the road in...
