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Rack your brains to ease maternal pains

NEWS about women suffering maternal injuries in Ethiopia has moved a Moe resident to gather her friends and organise a trivia night to raise funds and extend help.

Council managers appointed

Four new general managers have been employed at Latrobe City Council as part of a restructure which acting chief executive John Mitchell said aimed to streamline service delivery and provide cost efficiencies for the community.

$5 million for Lurgi site revamp

BREAKING: A troubled industrial estate could become the key to a much-needed revamp of Morwell's employment landscape, through a $5 million joint-government makeover to be announced this morning.

Thousands farewell Uncle Albert Mullett

An estimated 2000 people paid their respects to one of Gippsland's most respected aboriginal elders, 'Uncle Albert Mullett', last week at The Knob Reserve in Stratford.

Sam’s workers to get entitlements

ABOUT 25 workers who lost their jobs in last fortnight's closure of the Traralgon Sam's Warehouse store are likely to receive full entitlements, after "successful" closing down sales across the country.

Vital refuge for violence victims

A SAFE haven for indigenous women and children following domestic violence trauma has officially opened in Morwell.

Brittany’s brave battle for life

IT was Friday night and Brittany Warring was driving along the Princes Freeway from work in Traralgon to her home in Morwell.

Brass band bound for northern England

MUSICIANS from across Gippsland will pay tribute to fallen Australian soldiers buried in France and visit other renowned coal-mining towns in England when they go on tour next year.

Time to give back

While whiskey, Guinness and tall tales flowed at its last hurrah, a Latrobe Valley Irish association decided it was time to give back to the community which welcomed it 35 years ago.

Health service calls time out

A recent bid by one of the Latrobe Valley's largest organisations to 'move with the times' has got staff in a tizzy.

Coal to tell the story

On Thursday, a Melbourne-based artist drove to the Hazelwood open cut mine to collect his material of choice for his latest sculptures and drawings - a carload of brown coal.

Spot fire extinguished

FIRE authorities have confirmed a spot fire in the Hazelwood open-cut mine has been extinguished, but have maintained operator GDF SUEZ was not to blame.

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Pegasus return to seniors

SOCCER LVSL By LIAM DURKIN   GUESS who's back. Pegasus Soccer Club are returning to the Latrobe Valley Soccer League's senior men's competition. The Horsemen did not field a side...