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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.

Council abandons mum and baby day program

A parent support program which gives families the techniques to settle and feed their babies will now run in a reduced capacity.

Overtaking lane for Strzelecki Highway

People who have fallen victim to the schlep along the Strzelecki Highway while stuck behind a milk truck will soon have the ability to overtake.

Latrobe Community Health Service jobs set to go

Latrobe Community Health Service has confirmed jobs will go from its drug treatment program.

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.

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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Making public transport safe

  VICTORIA Police conducted a highly visible operation across Latrobe Valley's public transport network on Tuesday, April 28. Officers from Moe, Morwell and Traralgon uniform teamed...