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Police Beat: Five arrested following Moe shooting

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC   FIVE ARRESTED FOLLOWING MOE SHOOTING Armed Crime squad detectives are investigating a shooting in Moe on Monday night (November, 20). Officers have been told...

Outage causes grief for local businesses

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC 'FRUSTRATED' couldn't adequately describe the way Latrobe Valley small business owners felt amid the national Optus network outage. More than 10 million Optus...

Havoc as Optus customers left stranded

By STEFAN BRADLEY BUSINESSES that don’t rely on the Optus network could largely weather the storm after the company’s telecommunications services went down on Wednesday,...

The importance of being heard

When, in 1897, Guglielmo Marconi successfully sent the world’s first wireless radio message across open water, his primary interest had been in enabling contact...

Public intoxication reforms in place

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC THE state government is using a health-based response to combat public drunkenness, with a sobering up centre set for the Latrobe Valley....

The lifelong fight for legitimacy

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC A LOCAL Palestinian perspective on an international conflict. “We are human”, seems like an odd statement to share as everyone indeed shares this...

Enshrining the SEC in the Constitution

THE state government plans to enshrine the State Electricity Commission (SEC) in Victoria's Constitution. Minister for the State Electricity Commission, Lily D'Ambrosio, said the move...

New guard

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC LATROBE City Council has elected councillor Darren Howe as Mayor for the next year, while Cr Tracie Lund was elected the new...

Newborough’s ties to Aussie war hero

By ZAIDA GLIBANOVIC A TALE that makes its way across borders, centuries, generations and wars. A story of loss and sacrifice - the story of...

Local paramedic claims Women in Leadership scholarship

AMBULANCE Victoria's (AV) Mirboo North Team Manager, Fiona Windsor, in recognition of her outstanding work, has received the 2023 Council of Ambulance Authority (CAA)...

Walhalla’s World Heritage listing bid

BAW Baw Shire will join 14 other local governments to pursue World Heritage listing by UNESCO as the most significant 19th century gold rush...

Traralgon teen takes on World Youth Day

By LIAM DURKIN TALK about a long way from home. As if standing among 1.5 million people in the capital of Portugal wasn’t daunting enough,...

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Prepare for winter driving conditions this King’s Birthday weekend

STAFF WRITERS   VICTORIAN road users are being urged to prepare for winter driving conditions as intrastate travel is expected to increase over the King’s Birthday...