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Home-grown dancers hit top tier at national event

The Latrobe Valley is fast becoming home to some of the country's best performers, with another two local dancers recently hitting the national stage.

Music on the move

Latrobe Valley amateur musicians were thrilled to sit beside players and teachers from Orchestra Victoria last month when the Melbourne-based orchestra came to town.

More participants needed for health study

Only 25 per cent of Morwell residents so far targeted by the Hazelwood Health study have agreed to participate in the large survey component of the project.

Green vision for the future

Vegetable gardens, solar panels and energy efficient schools are just some of the plans Latrobe Valley students have for a sustainable future.

Wetlands springs up

A splash of land on the corner of Monash Way and Firmins Lane, Hazelwood North is beginning to look more like a wetlands precinct.

Postcards flood Gippsland

Postcards designed to promote Gippsland are proving popular, with 1400 printed since their launch in March.

Out of the wilderness

Preps at Kosciuszko Street Primary School recently celebrated "surviving" 100 days of school.

Uni’s quest to save the tiger

Federation University has joined an international campaign to save an endangered tiger species.

Balancing act

The Victorian Government has been warned of the "unreliability" of renewable energies as it transitions away from traditional brown coal energy sources.

Energy in demand

The State Government has refuted claims the closure of the Latrobe Valley's brown coal power stations will reduce national power supplies.

Valley continues to gamble away

The Latrobe Valley continues to pour the most money into electronic gaming machines out of all the Gippsland regions, with last financial year's spend reaching $43.56 million.

Multicultural office formed

The State Government is merging three agencies to form one dedicated multicultural office.

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