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Walking from dark places to hope and recovery

A sense of solidarity, the community coming together and people speaking out about a topic often perceived as taboo will be the experience of a community walk next month.

What a LARP for Gippslanders

Latrobe Valley mercenaries the Crow's Cutthroats established an underground trade foothold on Dragoncore turf in the 'docks' at Traralgon on Sunday when they joined the fantasy realm of Gippsland Live-Action-Role-Playing.

Horrible histories and murder mysteries

The stories of Yallourn's past colourful characters will be explored as part of a new tour of the historic "town that disappeared", brought to life by guide and narrator Tegan Dawson.

Saleyards idea shelved

A greenfield livestock exchange in the Latrobe Valley has been "put on ice" until at least one other Gippsland saleyard closes.

Hazlewood fire hole out for good

A fire hole identified 30 years ago in a now-disused section of the Hazelwood mine has been permanently extinguished.

Feds step in to CFA dispute

The Federal Government has promised to introduce legislation to protect CFA volunteers from "union industrial interference" when parliament resumes next week.

Future Morwell plan in limbo

A draft long-term plan that outlines an ambitious transformation of Morwell is yet to be considered by Latrobe City councillors, after almost two years in the making.

Drop in work injury claims in Latrobe City

WorkSafe Victoria has reported a 21 per cent decrease in workplace injury claims from Latrobe City in the past five years, with the number of claims dropping from 489 in 2011 to 386 in 2015.

Contingency plan in emergencies

Evaluation exercises were staged on Tuesday at the Latrobe City service centre in Traralgon to strengthen emergency services responses.

Trendy solution to housing shortage

An innovative building design once reserved for trendy laneway cafes and the pages of a lifestyle magazine is coming to life in regional Gippsland.

The weight of Parkinson’s

Morwell artist Paul Berryman was photographed after covering himself in 160 kilograms of petroleum jelly to represent what it's like to live with Parkinson's disease. An exhibition of the photographs are on display in Cowwarr.

Green light for broiler farms

The proponent of two Toongabbie broiler farms that would house up to 400,000 birds each hopes there will be no 'bad blood' in the community after Victoria's planning umpire ruled in his favour.

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Making public transport safe

  VICTORIA Police conducted a highly visible operation across Latrobe Valley's public transport network on Tuesday, April 28. Officers from Moe, Morwell and Traralgon uniform teamed...