Plants pinched in robbery
A LIFELINE Gippsland plant sale has been marred by a theft from the Morwell site on the morning of the event.
The Valley urged to get defensive
LATROBE Valley engineering firms received an insight into how they could provide work as part of future defence projects at a forum in Morwell yesterday.
‘Important first step’ for hi-tech precinct
The Latrobe Valley's purpose-built 'hi-tech precinct' will be operational by 2020, Premier Daniel Andrews has revealed.
Invest in the future
Nine local schools are set to be upgraded as part of the State Government's $266 million Latrobe Valley support package.
FedUni strengthens bond with China
Latrobe City has further strengthened its sister city ties with Taizhou through a partnership set to benefit university students.
The last hurrah
Two Morwell primary schools are preparing to say goodbye after more than 100 years of education.
‘Bob… told me to hit him’
A woman who killed a man by striking him about 70 times with a mattock and knife on 20 June 2014 in Morwell said she was told to do it by a man named 'Bob' in an interview with police, a court has heard.
Tragic tales of suffering
The mother and sister of a man killed by Morwell woman Bonnie Sawyer-Thompson in 2014 have delivered harrowing witness statements at a Latrobe Valley Supreme Court hearing.
Mining for a new power station
A new brown coal power station using the latest technology should be built in the Latrobe Valley to anchor the south-east corner of the national electricity market, according to Victoria's peak mining body.
Redeployment stoush
Unionists have called suggestions they are blocking Hazelwood workers transitioning into positions at neighbouring power station Loy Yang a "blatant lie".
All ideas on the table
Put a group of about 200 people into one room and ask them to discuss the pressing challenges of the region and a creative way forward.
Start of a long journey
The mass closure of Hazelwood should not be considered as a "one off".



















