Government commits $25 million to mine fire response
The State Government's efforts to improve overall safety of Latrobe Valley's open cut network are set to ramp up, with $25.4 million allocated to implement the full suite of Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry recommendations.
Anzac Day: Morwell
A MARCH down Tarwin Street marked the beginning of Morwell's Anzac Day service, with a record crowd gathering at the cenotaph, like the dawn service earlier on Saturday.
LRH caught in govt crossfire
Latrobe Regional Hospital would lose more than $249 million in funding over 10 years as a result of Federal Government funding cuts to health, the State Government said last week.
Water given ‘all clear’
Gippsland Water lifted the boil water alert for Morwell residents on Friday following independent water quality test results.
Leadbeater’s Possum protected
PRESSURE for Australian Paper wood pulp supplier VicForests to end logging in the central highlands has intensified, after the classification of the Leadbeater's Possum as critically endangered by the Federal Government.
Send complaints here
The Victorian Ombudsman visited Gippsland last week in a bid to increase awareness of her role as a complaints investigator.
Valley ‘coping’ with increase
Latrobe Valley support services believe local renters are doing 'okay', despite an increase in home rental prices over the past five years.
Boil water alert lifted
Gippsland Water has lifted the boil water alert for Morwell residents following independent water quality test results.
Anzac Day – Council unveils Anzac centenary garden
LATROBE City councillors, officers, RSL members and local politicians gathered at council headquarters on Tuesday to commemorate the 2015 Anzac centenary.
The basic right to camp
A MOE man was shocked to find campsites he thought had been recently declared free still incurred an almost $40 per night cost on arrival.
Labor fence-sitting on coal?
The Labor Government is still assessing alternative brown coal project proposals made through the former Coalition's controversial coal allocation plan, to determine whether to continue or scrap the program.
Traralgon pool petition launched
MEMBER for Morwell Russell Northe has launched a petition calling on the government to commit at least $9 million towards an indoor pool facility at Traralgon.
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Nothing but roses for the Blues
FOOTBALL
NORTH GIPPSLAND
By BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
RIGHT when it seemed as though the ladder had begun to shape itself accordingly in North Gippsland, here came Round 14.
While...
