Fire designation confusion
Emergency Management Commissioner Craig Lapsley will review the naming conventions of fires to better reflect an incident, following confusion during the Hazelwood mine fire.
Teenagers’ drive to independence
A MENTORING program which helps disadvantaged teenagers learn to drive is equipped to expand, following major community donations.
Advisory group established
FEDERATION University Australia has announced the formation of a leading industry advisory group into mining, resources, and mining services.
Drug offences climb
AN overall 41.6 per cent increase in drug-related crime in the Latrobe Valley has been attributed in part to a greater focus on these types of offences, according to Latrobe Service Area Acting Inspector Dean Thomas.
Theft a ‘kick in the guts’
Walhalla Goldfields Railway volunteers are unable to perform track maintenance following the theft of about $4600 worth of equipment from the Thomson Station Way and Works shed.
A force in food
Latrobe Valley's own culinary creative Timothy Martin has come a long way since firing up his cooking career in Moe.
New lines of communication
EVERY day more than 1.1 million Australians have difficulty communicating, according to Latrobe Community Health Service speech pathologist Jessica Chambers.
Shifting sands
A SAND quarry on Traralgon's outskirts is undergoing an $850,000 operational overhaul, which will see industrial levels of on site water usage drop by 75 per cent.
Steaming down the home stretch
Plumes of steam continued to pour out of HRL's Energy Brix complex yesterday, ahead of the upcoming 'temporary' closure of its briquette factory and power station.
Alternative option to pain relief
Labor candidate for Morwell Jadon Mintern has made a passionate show of support for the legalisation of medical marijuana.
Labor offers action on ice promise
A Labor State Government would establish a dedicated 'Ice Action Taskforce' in its first 100 days.
Push for Churchill pavilion increases
Pressure is mounting on Latrobe City Council to secure funding for a sports pavilion at Churchill's synthetic sports pitch.
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FOOTBALL
MID GIPPSLAND
By LIAM DURKIN
YOU have to lose one to win one.
Sometimes, you even have to lose three.
Newborough Football-Netball Club put the demons of three...
