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Hazelwood fire origin questioned

Doubt has been cast over official claims the Hazelwood open cut blaze was caused by an arson-lit fire in Driffield.

Extra recovery help for Valley

Latrobe Valley residents affected by the 2014 summer fires will benefit from long-term support programs aided by an additional $673,500 in State Government funding.

Left to fend for himself

A Koornalla man attempting to rebuild after the Black Saturday bushfires, targeted by serial thefts on his property, has accused the Traralgon police of ignoring his plight.

Robotic inspiration

Robots capable of propelling ping pong balls or following fixed race track courses hope to inspire Gippsland high school students into engineering careers.

Valley youth left in limbo

The Gippsland branch of the Youth Connections program will be among those across the country to lose funding at the end of the year.

Cautious welcome for $50m

The construction of two new coal technology projects in 2015 at Yallourn Power Station has fuelled cautious optimism the Latrobe Valley can sustain a niche coal industry.

‘Riotous’ behaviour

A witness in the murder trial of Traralgon man William Scriven has told the Latrobe Valley Supreme Court how he wished he had stayed home the night of his friend's death.

Traralgon ASIC in govt crosshairs

Widespread job security anxiety among Canberra bureaucrats has spread to Traralgon, where the ASIC registry arm has been targeted for privatisation.

Welcome transformation

One of Moe's most infamous eyesores is undergoing a facelift - 12 years after students left the Presentation College campus on Wirraway Street.

Asbestos agency not ‘window dressing’

Gippsland Asbestos-Related Disease Support group has defended the agency tasked with eradicating asbestos after it was criticised by Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

Stifling budget cuts

Latrobe City Council is reeling from changes to its annual funding announced in the federal budget, which may require council to reassess its own 2014/15 budget.

Mine rehabilitation efforts ‘negligible’

The rehabilitation efforts at the Hazelwood open cut to reduce fire risk has been found negligible in an environment body's submission to the Hazelwood Mine Inquiry.

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