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Fire lit deliberately off Glendonald Road

Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a deliberately lit fire near Churchill along the edge of pine plantation off Glendonald Road, near the Rickard Drive area.

Where to from here?

Calls for cleaner and safer industries to be introduced into the Latrobe Valley were the focus of a public discussion in Morwell on Monday night.

‘Employment needs to be kept local’

The feared privatisation of a major Federal Government employer in Traralgon has sparked a community-led lobbying cry to keep the Australian Securities and Investment and Commission registry service in the Valley.

Hip-hop bridal waltz goes viral

A video of Newborough newlyweds' not-so-average bridal waltz has gone viral, with more than 40,000 views on Facebook since Wednesday.

Former SEC apprentices reunite in Moe

ABOUT 130 people gathered at Moe RSL on Saturday to remember the friendship and enthusiasm among former State Electricity Commission apprentices during the 1960s.

Rosedale’s ‘lifeblood’ open for business

The $912,340 pavilion at the Rosedale Recreation Reserve was officially opened on Friday, 20 February.

Census ‘helps guide the nation’

A local historian has expressed disappointment as the Federal Government proposes to slash costs and condense the five-yearly census down to a small survey.

Gippsland lawyers rally to oppose death penalty

Gippsland lawyers were among hundreds of legal professionals who gathered in Melbourne last week in a vigil for two 'Bali Nine' men facing execution in Indonesia.

Bishop vows to go ‘back to basics’

The Diocese of Sale's newest bishop will assume his role at a tough time for Catholicism in Gippsland.

Help Scooby support Sam

SIXTEEN year-old Morwell boy Sam Tormey is fighting a cancer few survive.

Baw Baw proposes job cuts

More than 30 council employees at Baw Baw Shire could be made redundant in a major restructure announced to staff last week.

Labor commits to new bridge on Tyers Road

An 80-year old bridge on Tyers Road will undergo a $9 million rebuild as part of a state-wide bridge and rail funding package announced by the State Government last week.

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