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Final interleague squad selected

INTERLEAGUEGippsland League senior interleague coach Steve Hazelman has named a powerful and balanced side for next weekend's AFL Victoria Country Championships clash with Yarra...

Court witness accused of ordering murder

Lawyers argue Morwell murder-accused Bonnie Sawyer-Thompson was under the control of her sexual partner.

Tigers’ winning run halted

Morwell's unbeaten run under coach Joel Soutar's leadership has come to an end, with the reigning premier succumbing to Drouin on Saturday.

Foster care in free fall

More foster carers are leaving the system in Victoria than those who are being recruited, and Berry Street Victoria is desperate for reform.

Bomber blitz continues

MID GIPPSLAND FOOTBALL LEAGUEYALLOURN-Yallourn North recorded its fifth consecutive win on Saturday, accounting for Newborough by 58 points in round six of Mid Gippsland...

Helping hands for Harmony

Since 5 year-old Harmony Hoskin had a sudden stroke at school this year, the community has held out their helping hand. This Sunday, there'll be a car show to raise funds for her recovery.

Farmers feel fire levy burn

Gippsland home-owners, farmers and businesses could feel their hip pockets burning following the State Government's proposed increase to Victoria's property-based Fire Services Levy.

Churchill’s dental lab considered not viable

The proposal to construct a dental prosthetics lab and training clinic in Churchill was "not considered to be value for money", Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has revealed.

NZ workers employed over locals

Seventy contract workers from New Zealand were deployed at Australian Paper's Maryvale Mill last fortnight, despite bouts of protests from local workers in recent years.

Council’s rally cry for ASIC

Moves to privatise one of Latrobe Valley's single biggest employers by the Abbott Government have been met with a fierce campaign to prevent hundreds of potential job losses in Traralgon.

State prepares to hock Lurgi site

The State Government has shown its hand on much awaited plans to sell off one of Latrobe Valley's most strategically important plots of industrial land.

Penned support

The organiser of a project to send written messages of hope from Latrobe Valley to the flood-ravaged Hunter Valley, wants to put a face to those messages - multiple faces, in fact.

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Severe thunderstorms awakening heavy rain

STAFF WRITERS   SLOW-MOVING thunderstorms erupted through the Latrobe Valley from the earlier hours of Friday, February 27. Some locals took to social media to report that...