Slow down to save our lives
Motorists will have to slow down when passing a slow-moving or stationary emergency service vehicle from this weekend under new laws introduced to improve safety for emergency service personnel.
Gippsland rail funding boost
The Gippsland rail line will receive a $530 million upgrade after a federal-state funding impasse ended with the Commonwealth agreeing to kick additional funds into the project.
With the move of Latrobe Valley Flexible Learning Option
With the move of Latrobe Valley Flexible Learning Option to the former Commercial Road Primary School, Morwell site set to happen in the coming months, the school is calling for volunteers to assist with a new community garden.
Healthy Harold a hit with Churchill students
More than 170 students at Churchill North Primary School participated in the Life Education program this week with well-known mascot, Healthy Harold the Giraffe.
Blazing a path for women
The potential to incinerate things at 3000 degrees and orchestrate explosions were reasons why Hazelwood North resident Kellie Young sought a career in a white lab coat.
Calling locals for local projects
The State Government is urging builders and contractors in the Latrobe Valley to sign up for the Construction Supply Register to ensure they are in the running for government projects.
Zoey’s success honoured
Homelessness wasn't going to be an option for Morwell resident Zoey Marks.
Multicultural festival returns
The multicultural festival organised by the Gippsland Ethnic Communities Council is now back, three years after it was cancelled.
TAFE staff, student slump
Student contact hours at Federation Training fell by almost 700,000 hours and more than a third of its workforce left between 2014 and 2015, the TAFE's recently released annual report shows.
No gunshot wound
A man's injuries sustained during an incident at Gwalia Street in Traralgon on Tuesday were not consistent with gunshot wounds, detectives have confirmed, despite media reports.
Carers take concerns to streets
A group of Gippsland disability carers and Health and Community Services Union representatives marched on State Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing's office on Thursday to demand certainty for the disability sector.
Body to stay even if visa obtained
The body of a Pakistani refugee being kept at the mortuary of Latrobe Regional Hospital since April is unlikely to be transported back to his home country even if his family secures a visa to Australia.






















