Crime Stoppers stats reveal power of the people
Community crime fighting organisation Crime Stoppers Victoria has recorded the highest arrest rates in its 28-year history.
Don’t wait until it’s too late
Gippsland women aged 50 to 69 are having free breast cancer checks at a rate just above the state average.
Art’s response to the Valley
A fossilised Kauri log excavated out of the Loy Yang open cut mine is at the centerpiece of a sensory exhibition that responds to the Latrobe Valley landscape.
‘Rank and file Nazi’ charged
A Moe man has been charged after making death and rape threats to Yarra Councillor Stephen Jolly and his family.
Minister apologises
The State Government has conceded the removal and cremation of a body from the Traralgon Memorial Cemetery last year without his family's knowledge "should not have happened".
Prospects remain for magnesium plant proposal
SPENT ash fly from Hazelwood Power Station is intended to be used in a long-held plan for a magnesium plant in the Latrobe Valley.
Chook farm approved, but at a cost
Debate over construction of two free range chicken farms near Toongabbie appears likely to be taken to the state's dispute resolution tribunal.
Bad publicity plagues Morwell real estate
Morwell's residential real estate market is still recovering from the far-reaching impacts of the 2014 Hazelwood mine fire, where median house prices took a 9.9 per cent dive last financial year.
Kindergarten’s financial strain
A FUNDING shortage has forced parents at Willow Grove Kindergarten to fundraise thousands of dollars to keep their centre open.
Neverending roadworks nightmare
A MESS of wet asphalt and abandoned machinery have left Moe residents unable to access their street and driveways for weeks at a time.
Activist group awarded cash grant
The rush by community activist group Voices of the Valley to finalise submissions to the reopened Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry has attracted a last-minute funding boost from the State Government.
Nationals look to recapture country namesake
We know them casually as 'The Nats', but the party wants to be carried forward with a different title, one that reminds voters of its country roots.