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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.

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.

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