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Winter market for Valley makers returns

Two years ago Latrobe Valley caterer Stacey Savage decided it was time to be her own boss after 15 years of making food in a Traralgon cafe.

Family reading key for laureate

Australian Children's Laureate and beloved author Leigh Hobbs will visit Traralgon from 25 to 27 July.

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.

Volunteers have say on fire bill

The Fire Services Bill select committee held a public hearing on Wednesday in Traralgon to consider and report on the proposed restructuring of Victoria's fire services.

A ‘doggone’ success

A physical program based around Pilates and featuring a dog named Kali for people with high and complex support needs has been extended for another term.

Extra funding ahead of November opening

Latrobe Regional Hospital hopes to open the doors to its new buildings in November which aim to address growing demand in the emergency department and decrease the number of heart patients needed to be transferred to Melbourne.

Help keep us safe: LRH

Being yelled at, spat on, kicked, punched and their family threatened. This is the sort of behaviour Latrobe Regional Hospital staff have reported experiencing while on the job.

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