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Veal brings in the big bucks

Willow Grove beef farmer Sam Failla had 270.6 reasons to smile last week, after breaking the record per-kilo price for vealer cattle at the Warragul livestock saleyards last week.

Fifty proud years

Families converged on Churchill yesterday to soak up the sun and nostalgia as the town celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Latrobe Valley’s education scam woe

Door-to-door salespeople targeting Latrobe Valley residents with expensive online education courses could be selling the community a 'scam'.

Friends from far and wide jam for Sam Tormey

Close to 200 people rolled out to Morwell Skate Park on Monday to join a 'Jam for Sam', dedicated to 16 year-old Sam Tormey.

Latrobe City diversity plan receives diverse opinions

A Latrobe City Council plan that aims to improve engagement with culturally and linguistically diverse communities, does not go far enough, some councillors have argued.

Life saving comes as second nature

Bringing a toddler back to life after it drowned in a wading pool was a defining moment for a 17 year-old Morwell paramedic trainee.

Gippslanders embark on a journey of understanding

Migrant women in Gippsland will become 'living books', sharing their journeys to Australia with an intimate audience of 'readers'.

Hunt for arts director

Latrobe City is on the hunt for its new creative leader following the unexpected departure of its most recent arts director after only four months in the role.

Victoria’s student numbers to swell by 2020

An estimated 448 extra classrooms will be needed each year to accommodate Victoria's growing population.

Wider Gippsland’s second quake mere coincidence

Wider Gippsland's second earthquake in as many weeks had no apparent connection to a 3.1 magnitude earthquake felt south-west of Moe last Thursday.

EPA ‘sorry’ for data fault in Morwell’s south

Environment Protection Authority staff were on site at Morwell's southern air monitoring station yesterday, swapping existing equipment with new parts.

Communication flare-up at Yallourn open cut

A communication "gap" before Tuesday's hot spot flare-up in the Yallourn open cut should be a further lesson in public engagement, according to Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner.

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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...