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Mine fire will burn underground

The Hazelwood mine fire will continue to burn underground after emergency services hand fire control responsibility over to the mine manager.

Gigantic crack appears in Hazelwood mine

A 200-metre crack has appeared in Hazelwood open cut’s southern mine wall, stretching diagonally across a burning stretch of coal batter. 

Heat to rise on Hazelwood 

THE management of the Hazelwood mine and its regulation by government is expected to come under fierce scrutiny in coming weeks, as questions arise over the mine's fire preparedness prior to the current emergency.

Special anniversary for Baringa

Forty years of helping Gippsland children with mild intellectual disabilities reach their goals will be celebrated at Baringa School on Sunday.

Focus on severe mental illness

A LATROBE Valley mental health service will be better equipped to assist those with a severe and persistent mental illness after securing $100,000 in Federal Government funding.

Top immunisation marks for Valley

LATROBE City parents are adhering to government messages to immunise their children, with 95.2 per cent of five year-olds fully immunised in 2013 - two per cent above the state level.

Young mums’ next challenge

Young mums from the Latrobe Valley hit the books on Monday for the first time since giving birth.

Moe’s surface value

MOE Racing Club's redeveloped surface has already been touted as the new premier racetrack in Victoria by leading local trainer Peter Gelagotis following the facility's first meeting in two years on Tuesday.

Point Henry closure to impact Valley

Alcoa's decision to close its Point Henry aluminium smelter at Geelong, at the cost of 500 direct jobs, will likely cause a ripple effect through Latrobe Valley's electricity generation sector.

Lack of coal forces workers to wait

Workers at Morwell's Energy Brix briquette factory and power station are likely to be stood down this week, after the station's coal supply was severed by the Hazelwood open cut fire.

New air monitors on their way

The Environment Protection Authority has assured residents additional carbon monoxide monitors will arrive in the Latrobe Valley imminently, with data available in the next few days.

Morwell smoke fears prompt student relocation to Moe schools

Students from two Morwell primary schools and one preschool have been relocated to Moe for the foreseeable future as health concerns from the smoke situation continue to worry parents.

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