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A video has revealed the heartfelt moment 13-year-old Jasmine Bodley-Williamson was reunited with her dog, 11-year-old Bonnie, after she escaped from the family's Moe property on September 8.

A not-for-profit organisation is aiming to help the community respond to high fatal overdose rates in the region by educating local health workers on a drug which can reverse the effects of opioids.

This year's Victorian Seniors Festival was a busy affair for Moe South's Maria Wiseman.

Cr Darrell White was elected Latrobe City mayor at a special council meeting on Thursday night, defeating outgoing mayor Kellie O'Callaghan in her bid for a second term in the role.

Jobs and economic growth will be newly-elected Latrobe City mayor Darrell White's focus over the next 12 months of his mayoral term.

A not-for-profit organisation hub which opened in July aimed at providing loans to low income earners has lent more than $90,000 in its first four months.

Newborough nonagenarians Peter and Kathleen Lynch are living proof a healthy diet, fun spirit and entirely mad sense of humour is the winning combination for long, meaningful life.

Safetech director David Wakefield has added fuel to member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath's concerns for Gippsland Tech School's ability to deliver a wide enough range of real-world learning, revealeing it would be willing to become an industry partner if the school produced employable people with the right skills.

Traralgon resident Rhys Woszczeiko will split from study this week when he leaves for Malaysia to represent Australia in tenpin bowling.

In the early 1980s it was a normal sight in one corner on Commercial Road, Morwell to see Japanese children eating hamburgers and Australian students wearing a Japanese kimono.

The Latrobe Valley is reaping the rewards of the V/Line Cup after it was revealed the carnival had generated a total of $7 million in economic benefit for the region over the last three years.

CFMEU mining and energy division Victorian secretary Geoff Dyke has raised concerns a generator outage at AGL's Loy Yang A Power Station could place additional stress on the state's power supplies this summer.