Fighting fire with fire
State Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath has returned from Far North Queensland with a furthered understanding of the importance of Indigenous firestick land management and how it could be employed in Victoria to prevent wildfires and renew lost cultural practices.
‘Eye-opening’ forum
A lukewarm response to a public forum on emergency management has prompted Latrobe Valley's service providers to rethink their strategy in engaging culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Share your voice
In what is perhaps a creative first for the Latrobe Valley, Alt_Art is hosting a 'Spoken Word' open mic night in which poets, musicians, storytellers and other performers are encouraged to participate.
Workers wait on scheme
The proposal to establish a worker transfer scheme to allow Carter Holt Harvey sawmill workers to move to Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill has paused as the State Government waits on Australian Paper's response to the scheme.
Police appeal
Police are appealing for witnesses after the window of a car parked was shattered at Mid Valley Shopping Centre in Morwell earlier this month.
No cold comfort for barra
Up to a tonne of Hazelwood Pondage barramundi have been removed and euthanased amid concern for the local stocked population's health and survival.
Playing for pride
AFL Gippsland today launched its inaugural Pride Cup with the reveal of specially-designed football jumpers and netball dresses ahead of next weekend's clash between Glengarry and Traralgon Tyers United.
Valley’s ‘most wanted’ in spotlight
Victoria Police and Crime Stoppers have launched a new 'Crime Crackdown' campaign in an attempt to track down the Latrobe Valley's most wanted.
Charges follow Ryan’s incident
A 28 year-old Morwell man has been charged following an alleged traffic incident near Ryan's Hotel in Traralgon on Saturday, 27 May.
Small and weak barramundi removed from Hazelwood Pondage
Up to a tonne of Hazelwood Pondage barramundi have been removed and euthanased amid concern for their health and survival.
Big boost for culture
Determined 27 year-old mother of three Ashleigh Dalton seized an opportunity two years ago to help revive culture in Morwell and fuse broken connections in the indigenous community.
Driver likely to face charges
Police were about to wrap-up a training operation on Princes Drive in Morwell on Wednesday when a car allegedly drove across a grass centre median strip, police say.
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Cr Lund steps down, leaving council one short
By AIDAN KNIGHT
MORWELL River Ward has been left without representation, after councillor Tracie Lund resigned publicly on Monday morning (March 16).
Cr Lund's five-year term...
