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Moe ground’s boggy mess

Players, coaches and club-members frustrated with the boggy playing surface at Ted Summerton Reserve are expected to have their calls answered soon.

A home for prayer

WHILE plans to construct a mosque at Bendigo continue to cause a stir in the area, a makeshift worship place for Muslims has been quietly standing in Yallourn North for 17 years.

Rock up to retro Rosedale

Rosedale will step back in time and with all things rockabilly, retro and vintage next Sunday.

A peaceful volunteer

A TRARALGON community stalwart is celebrating his 20th year as a justice of the peace.

Still waiting

Voices of the Valley is still waiting for a response to a letter hand-delivered to Premier Denis Napthine requesting a meeting about the ongoing impacts of the Hazelwood mine fire on the Latrobe Valley community

Transparency needed

The director of the Gippsland Multicultural Services believes returning a group of 153 Sri Lankan asylum seekers, whose presence was kept from the public by the Federal Government until Monday's interim injunction by the High Court, would be a violation of the UN Convention on Refugees.

Murder accused to return to court

A DIRECTIONS hearing for Traralgon murder accused William Scriven is due to be held tomorrow morning in the Melbourne Supreme Court.

Career firefighter shortfall must be addressed: union

The United Firefighters Union has used this week's incident in which a Morwell man was critically injured in a house fire, to highlight the need for more career firefighters

Worst performing

THE Gippsland rail line was the worst performing V/Line service for June, with only 76.7 per cent of services delivered to Traralgon on time, according to government data.

A road to less injuries

A PILOT project to help reduce serious injuries from car crashes has been developed by Latrobe Highway Patrol.

Latrobe Road reopens

Latrobe Road, near Morwell, was reopened yesterday following the completion of repairs on a crack running along its surface.

Parking problems persist

A DAILY contest to find all-day parking in Morwell's central business district has just become more competitive, with infrastructure upgrades removing 30 parking spaces from the equation.

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White back on national duty

BASKETBALL FIBA BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT   TRARALGON'S Jack White makes his first appearance for Australia in 2026 tomorrow (Thursday, February 26) with the Boomers' tour of Guam and...