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Yallourn Power Station blaze under investigation

The cause of a fire at Yallourn Power station on Thursday afternoon remains under investigation, as Energy Australia works to assess the full extent of damage.

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.

ICE FOCUS: Police plea for community help

Moe police have called for community help to crack down on the widespread use of ice in the Latrobe Valley.

Plan to boost Valley economy

Latrobe City has received $70,000 to help develop a five-year economic plan to support business and investment from 2015-19.

Joyce slammed for paper choice

Federal Minister for Agriculture Barnaby Joyce was hit with questions from mill workers on Thursday about his department's foreign paper supply.

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.

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From the archives with Aidan Knight

50 years ago The Express, March 19, 1976 Churchill hopes dashed CHURCHILL Citizens Association, which has been trying to obtain a high-technical secondary school for the area...