Free breast checks urged
Breast screening rates in the Latrobe Valley were below the state average and local health professionals have urged more women over 50 to get regular mammograms.
Pensioners’ heartache over Newborough carport fire
Newborough pensioner Graham Bruce has described the "traumatic" moment he discovered his car alight in a carport outside his Tresswell Avenue unit.
Disruption prompts rail war of words
Member for Morwell Russell Northe's request for answers from Public Transport Minister Jacinta Allan on when train services on the Gippsland line will improve has been dismissed by the state government as empty criticism.
Mirboo North Arty Gras excitement grows
The residents of Mirboo North will flaunt their work in the community at the upcoming Arty Gras parade through the town.
Vision impaired struggling to make touchscreen transactions
A Traralgon disability advocate is calling on local businesses not to use touchscreen eftpos machines as it compromises the privacy and independence of people who are blind or vision-impaired.
Traralgon teen joins Seattle Mariners
Traralgon's Blake Townsend has become the first Gippsland teenager in history to sign a Major League Baseball contract.
Major boost for Gippsland TAFE campuses
Federation Training at Morwell will undergo a $35 million "transformation" - one of two Gippsland TAFE campuses to reap the benefits - following a commitment by the state government in this week's Victorian budget.
Barcelona-bound for his scooter dream
When Tom Green's older brothers showed an interest in scooters he followed suit and bought one of his own. Nine years old at the time, the fledgling rider simply wanted to emulate his siblings but has now well and truly usurped them on the skill front.
Senseless shooting
A Mirboo North deer farmer is reeling after his two pet stags were shot and left to rot on his property last week, in what he describes as "senseless vandalism".
Police on hunt for stolen dirt bike
A distinctive custom bike has been stolen from a property at Hazelwood North.
Carlos and his love of tango
For Carlos Argentina, the art of tango has been a love affair.
Kyan’s cards take on cancer
Ten-year-old Trafalgar schoolboy Kyan Jenkins learnt first-hand at a young age about the devastation and pain of a cancer diagnosis and resolved to do something about it.





















