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More rain on the way

Sandbags are being filled at the Moe SES unit in Newborough in preparation for more rainfall this weekend.

Belt-tightening continues at council

Twenty-three management positions at Latrobe City Council are set to become 17 in a bid to increase efficiency and allow for reinvestment into priority areas.

Lake changes in play

Recreational fishing boats of any length and engine size will be permitted on popular watering hole Blue Rock Lake under State Government changes aimed at getting more people fishing.

Lazy landowners issued letters

Fourteen sites across the Latrobe Valley have become the first targets of Latrobe City Council's beefed-up dilapidated building law designed to crack down on eyesores.

Making ground on dilapidated sites

A vacant Moe site that's been a source of frustration for the community and local council has been cleaned up.

Gippsland pastor fears ‘de-Christianisation’

Latrobe Valley students will only have access to religious education outside of school hours next year, when the State Government introduces a respectful relationships program.

Northe shrugs off Labor’s regional push

Nationals Member for Morwell Russell Northe says he is not concerned about an apparent branding strategy by Labor to reclaim conservative country seats including Morwell.

Buffer problem raised in State Parliament

Community concerns about a surprise recommendation by a State Government planning panel to double the buffer zone around the Loy Yang mine have been amplified in Parliament.

Local anti-drug campaign gets national nod

The success of the Moe 'Dob in a Dealer' campaign could be linked to the announcement of a national hotline to tackle ice.

Plastic bag of horror

When Traralgon woman Julie Brown left for work on Saturday morning, her eye was caught by a grey plastic bag on the side of the road near her home.

Planning fiasco rectified

A murky cloud of planning bureaucracy has cleared from Morwell's western skies, which for years has hamstrung the town's expansion towards the Yallourn open cut.

Body found in Morwell

Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating following the discovery of a body at a property in Morwell on Tuesday night.

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