At-risk Morwell residents free to return
The State Government has lifted its relocation advice for at-risk Morwell residents and workers, after "significant" improvements in coal ash fallout from the Hazelwood open cut fire.
No place like home for West
Outgoing Latrobe police inspector Mick West reflects on 17 years stationed in the Valley.
Blaze threatens Rosedale homes
A fire which began near Farrells Lane, south-east of Rosedale on Saturday afternoon came close to burning through the Holey Plains State Park and pine plantations in the area, according to Incident Controller Graeme Taylor.
Nationals staffer wins Eastern Region preselection battle
The Nationals Party has chosen its successor for outgoing Gippsland party stalwart Peter Hall, preselecting political staffer Danny O'Brien as the upper house member for Eastern Region.
Veteran services under fire
A YOUNG Iraq veteran has slammed the Department of Veterans' Affairs call to reassess the future of the Morwell Veteran Access Network.
Mine fire choppers wow Morwell school kids
Hats flew off heads and squeals from school students could just be heard through the sound of helicopter rotor blades slicing through the air.
Immediate plantation burnoffs unlikely
Hancock Victorian Plantations has confirmed it is unlikely to undertake any planned burnings before Easter.
Boolarra CSG free
BOOLARRA will become the first town in the Latrobe Valley to declare itself 'Coal Seam Gas Free' with a declaration day organised by the Sustainable Boolarra Group for Sunday.
Opening a world of opportunities for students
Broadening the horizons of Gippsland's high school students was the focus of the day when education and government representatives joined forces on Thursday to discuss a new workplace learning project.
Three nabbed in Morwell marijuana busts
Three people were arrested when police located 755 cannabis plants at two Morwell residences on Thursday.
Patchy service causes daily frustration
Toongabbie retiree Peter Feenstra has a mobile phone, but he reckons a tin can and a string could do a better job with the area's patchy mobile network.
Valley black spots vie for funding
Latrobe Valley communities with poor to non-existent mobile phone coverage face some tough competition in their bid for a share of $100 million in Federal funding for troubled black spot areas.
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