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Workers’ job heartache

Retrenched Carter Holt Harvey and Hazelwood Power Station workers are feeling forgotten as many are being forced to travel interstate or leave the region to find work.

Gillam’s golden glory

Wood chopper Glen Gillam has returned home to Toongabbie after carrying his team to their fifth victory at the Stihl Timbersports World Championships in Liverpool.

Mental health care will go to high school under Labor

High school students at state schools across Gippsland will have in-school access to dedicated mental health professionals under a $51.2 million state government program to be rolled out next year.

Car torched in Newborough

A four-wheel-drive was set alight outside a property on Hagens Track, Newborough about 2.40am on Friday.

Calls for payroll tax relief

Pay roll tax relief for small to medium businesses was atop the agenda last week during a Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry luncheon where more than 30 local businesses were represented.

Festival a feast for eyes and more

The Tyers Arts Festival will introduce a music, food and wine component and a number of new art awards to the line-up this year.

Gas gives hope for tomato glasshouse

A carbon dioxide capture project at Loy Yang A could lead to the construction of a glasshouse to grow tomatoes in the Latrobe Valley employing about 100 people.

Coalition pledges Catholic funding

A Catholic primary school in Traralgon may be forced to relocate if the student population continues to grow.

Mill fined for trade waste spill

Maryvale mill owner Australian Paper has been fined $16,120 following two leaks in a pipe which resulting in hundreds of tonnes of trade waste spilling onto surrounding land.

Cemetery honours service via wall

A memorial wall to recognise Traralgon's First World War soldiers will be unveiled on November 11 at Gippsland Memorial Park to coincide with the centenary of the signing of the World War I armistice.

Police radios to go digital

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.

Riding high for ill kids

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.

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