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Drug drivers nabbed

Twenty-six drivers have been caught behind the wheel with illegal drugs in their system since Thursday in what police have described as "alarming" and "a danger" on Latrobe Valley roads.

Royal Commission report welcomed

The final report of a five-year Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been welcomed by the Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault chief executive Fiona Boyle.

Valley VCE students shine

Year 12 students across the state are looking to the future after Victoria Certificate of Education results were released last Friday.

Aldred in plant push

A bypass for Traralgon and a low emissions high efficiency brown-coal fired power station in the Latrobe Valley have been listed as top priorities in the Committee for Gippsland Strategic Plan 2018-2020, unveiled on Tuesday.

Chester sacking a snub for Gippsland

It was hard not to sympathise with Darren Chester as he addressed local media at the Port of Sale about his dumping from federal cabinet on Tuesday afternoon.

Charges follow break-ins

Two boys have been interviewed by police following a spate of break ins at Churchill last Thursday.

Christmas therapy helps

Traralgon father Michael Perry has had a "frustrating" couple of years, relearning lost connections in his brain following an acquired brain injury from a rare case of encephalitis in October 2015.

Vision coloured by Greece, Italy

Melbourne artist Robert Owen said he witnessed an "extraordinary" eclipse of the sun over the Peloponnese in Greece in the 1960s which started a long-term investigation into colour and its relation to emotion.

EPA says generators safe

The Latrobe Valley environment is unlikely to suffer any detrimental air quality and noise effects of 105 diesel-powered generators located at Energy Brix, Environment Protection Authority Victoria says.

Focus on family this Christmas

Focus on the important aspects of life this Christmas, Salvation Army Morwell Major Denise Milks says.

All high-risk school asbestos removed

Parents of children attending the Latrobe Special Development School are concerned that asbestos in the 59-year-old facility won't be removed in for up to three years.

Colleen signs off

Yallourn North resident Colleen Well's grand Christmas light and window display has become somewhat legendary around the Latrobe Valley over the last 26 years, however 2017 is the last year she'll be putting the impressive show on for the community.

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