Active Crime Task Force arrests
Detectives from the Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit Active Crime Task Force have made a number of arrests over the past fortnight resulting in four alleged offenders being charged with numerous burglaries.
Hazelwood powers down
Shortly before 11am on Monday unit six at Hazelwood Power Station came offline for the last time.
Guy lashes out at Hazelwood closure
As Hazelwood powers down, power bills for Victorians will rise, Opposition leader Matthew Guy says.
Confidence lacking in scheme
While members of the community and Coalition gathered in Morwell's Centenary Rose Garden yesterday, all ears were on Hazelwood power station worker Troy Makepeace.
Life remains in pondage barramundi
Proponents of the Hazelwood Pondage barramundi project say minor earthworks at the waterway will help create an environment in which the species can survive.
Union fears worker transfer impact
CFMEU fears cuts to Loy Yang A operator minimum staffing levels will result in less positions being offered under the Hazelwood worker transfer scheme.
Hair-raising adventures on chimney two
Dick Donchi says his memory is failing. But mention 'Hazelwood power station' and the memories flood back.
The official opening that never was
Hazelwood Power Station's official opening on 11 March 1971 was to be a unique and prestigious affair.
In the beginning…
A look back at the way The Express reported the official opening of Hazelwood.
Keeping it clean at the SEC
The SEC was the kind of place everyone wanted to work.
The push away from coal
In the latter part of the 20th Century, environmental groups began to focus more heavily on climate change and the coal-fired power industry.
The fire that rallied the Valley
The Hazelwood mine fire which began on 9 February 2014 burnt for 45 days, shrouding the Latrobe Valley in smoke, sparking community outrage, an inquiry and the launch of a long-term health study.
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