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Car abandoned

A BLUE Hyundai Accent crashed into a ditch and was left deserted on Tanjil East Road on Thursday.

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.

More funds for carbon capture

The pursuit of the holy grail of emissions reductions - post combustion carbon capture - continues in the Latrobe Valley, with an additional $650,000 in project development funds announced today.

Uni fund to feel crunch

FEDERATION University could lose about $10 million annually over four years under the Federal Government's proposed changes to higher education.

Cold snap hits Valley

The cold snap had snow-lovers rejoicing, with light falls in low-lying areas on Friday.

Hazelwood hot spot flares up, but contained

CFA firefighters and GDF SUEZ crews have contained a spot fire in the eastern batters of the Hazelwood open-cut mine.

The lost boy of Sudan

A survivor of Sudan's most horrific period, when boys aged five to 12 years were killed to prevent their recruitment by the militia in the late 1980s, Abraham Malual had faced man and nature's darkest side head on.

Unexpected detour

OBSERVATION - The tough-as-nails demeanour of these Rebels bikies was delegated to sidecar position in Drouin recently, when this attempt to push-start a Harley went hilariously wrong.

Police pounce on Rebels

Teams of police are working to thwart the notorious Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang from establishing a "stranglehold" on Gippsland.

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