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Steps to weed out mobile blackspots

Gippslanders are being asked to provide information about their mobile phone coverage, with some communities experiencing service "black spots".

Woman assaulted in Traralgon

POLICE NEWS: A fight between dogs at Newman Park escalated into two unknown men assaulting a woman on Sunday afternoon.

Abandoned house deliberately lit

A fire is believed to have been deliberately lit in an abandoned building adjacent to Traralgon's Manny's Market on Tuesday night.

Heat threatens power supply 

Up to 100,000 homes and commercial properties in Victoria could be without electricity, as a result of the extreme heat 

CRS to close Morwell branch

One of the Latrobe Valley's leading providers of employment services for around 100 people with a disability will close its doors in March.

Melting motorways 

Roads across the Latrobe Valley have been adversely affected by hot weather.

No plans to retire: Hall

Long-standing Gippsland MP Peter Hall has refuted claims he will not recontest his seat at the November election.

Historical markers shot at

A community organisation will need to spend $1000 replacing damaged historical marker signs near Walhalla, which appear to have been shot at by vandals.

Funding to tackle family violence

Five local organisations have shared in $68,230 funding to help tackle family violence from the Indigenous Family Violence Community Initiative.

Fire destroys park barbecue

Police news | Police are seeking the public’s assistance in relation to a fire at Lions Park Reserve, Yallourn North on Friday.

Mirboo North ‘mining-free’

The Mirboo North community will next month declare itself 'coal and coal seam gas mining-free', after a survey found the majority of householders were opposed to the practice.

Youth ‘missing out’

A shortage in volunteers means Latrobe Valley young people living in out-of-home care are missing out on vital mentoring designed to put them on the path to a better future.

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Final VicGrid plan coming

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