Positive response to campaign
Police have received a 263 per cent spike in tip-offs of suspected drug activity in a campaign to combat the manufacture and distribution of crystal methamphetamine or 'ice'.
Blessing back in business
A biker gathering of biblical proportions planned for Mirboo North in October almost went to the wreckers last week, after organisers of the second 'Blessing of the Bikes' temporarily cancelled the event.
RSL forced to use thousands in welfare funds on Anzac Day road closures
The cost burden of closing roads for Anzac Day services in the Latrobe Valley falls to local RSLs, but Latrobe City and the Federal Government can't agree whose responsibility it is to provide the funding.
Morwell’s ‘heart’
Morwell residents have pumped ideas into the town's future lifeblood, with organisers pleased with the number of people walking through the Future Morwell project's display.
One of the ‘lucky ones’
"I was nearly another person that was going to be remembered this way," - Darren Van Heurck fights back tears as he recalls his workplace accident.
Lights out for festival?
Organisers of the annual Walhalla Vinter Ljusfest are waiting anxiously to find out whether the August event has the funding it needs to go ahead.
Breaking the ice
Twenty-seven year-old Kallym has not used crystal methamphetamine for more than a year, after five years of recreational drug use and two years of ice addiction.
Change of scenery
Upper house Labor member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing plans to shift her electoral office from Warragul to the Latrobe Valley in the next few months.
Seriously sick kids will get care: LRH
Latrobe Regional Hospital says children with serious health conditions will continue to receive immediate care
Sky’s the limit
Hordes of bodies may not be the only thing plummeting through the sky next month, when a Churchill couple join an attempt to topple an Australian skydiving record in the United States.
Going digital
The police scanners of "eavesdropping" community members will be silenced in 2017, if the impending state budget allows it.
New life for tired Churchill underpass
An art mural intended to ward off graffiti at a Churchill pedestrian underpass has been unveiled to the local and artistic community.
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Prepare for winter driving conditions this King’s Birthday weekend
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VICTORIAN road users are being urged to prepare for winter driving conditions as intrastate travel is expected to increase over the King’s Birthday...
