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.
Chicken farms approved, but with conditions
The development of two, free range chicken farms near Toongabbie has been granted by Wellington Shire Council's planning department; however, with strict conditions.
Good cause to ride on
TRAVELLING 450 kilometres in four days is no ride in the park, but for Traralgon's Darren Cowell the cause is worth it.
Power generator beefs up firefighting arsenal
ONE brown coal operator is learning from a disaster faced by another, acquiring a fire truck customised to fight coal mine fires.
The heart to go on
IT took six months on a waiting list to receive the heart transplant Traralgon mother Jane Buxton so desperately needed.
The tough choice
TRARALGON mother Chrissy Crow lost her teenage son in cardiac arrest after ingesting a legal supplement purchased over the counter.
Man charged with burglary and theft
A man from interstate will face the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court today charged with multiple counts of burglary and theft.
Rumblings in the halls of power
Only a matter of hours had passed since (former) Speaker Bronwyn Bishop's public apology for 'that' infamous helicopter trip on the public purse.
A boy’s trust betrayed
A FORMER substitute teacher who inflicted a "prolonged regime" of sexualised abuse on a Liddiard Road Primary School student in the 1980s faces considerable jail time, after pleading guilty in Latrobe Valley County Court.
An accident waiting to happen
The recent spate of illegal motorbike use along the Gippsland Plains Rail Trail at Toongabbie has angered residents who say it is an accident waiting to happen.
Maroons and Power to battle for third
Traralgon is looking to make it five consecutive Gippsland League victories when it hosts Wonthaggi in the battle for the all-important third spot.
Performing arts centre funding pitch pushed back
Latrobe City's play for potentially millions of dollars in Federal Government funding for the long awaited performing arts centre will be held off until next year.