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Call for further ‘vital’ funding

VICTORIAN Aboriginal Affairs Minister Natalie Hutchins has called on the Federal Government to "step up" to its commitments to the homeless community.

Hazelwood hard at work

Efforts to better prepare the Hazelwood open cut for the threat of fire were inspected by Express journalist Bec Symons and photographer Tom Morrisson on Friday

Brown coal generation increase ‘likely to continue’

Brown coal fired power generation has continued to increase under "changing fortunes" since the abolition of the carbon price last year, a market report has found.

Police lay down the law on pot

Police are reminding the community no amount of cannabis is legal, after two separate marijuana incidents in the Valley last week

A place of sombre reflection

Six years on from Black Saturday, community members and those who lost loved ones joined to remember and reflect at the weekend.

Fed Training welcomes critical lifeline

Federation Training has been thrown a $2.5 million emergency lifeline by the new Labor government to fund critical student support, which has been "sorely" lacking at the troubled institution.

An ordeal to remember

It was a day of panic the Latrobe Valley multicultural community hopes to never endure again.

All was quiet on the western front…

On the anniversary of the Hazelwood mine fire's ignition, firefighters give a blow-by-blow account of the fight to save the Morwell township.

Death rates increased in Traralgon: VOTV

Voices of the Valley has released new data which it claims shows death rates in Traralgon increased throughout the Hazelwood mine fire ordeal.

Fire costs scrutinised

Spending of the $2 million clean-up package given to Latrobe City Council during the Hazelwood mine fire has come under scrutiny.

A long and valuable friendship

DEDICATION, loyalty, bravery and honour are just some of the traits students of Tobruk Street Primary School will emulate throughout the year.

Together to remember the mine fire

It has been one year since the Hazelwood mine fire and Voices of the Valley is acknowledging the anniversary with a dinner on Monday night.

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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...