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Work underway for LRH mental health beds

Service gaps in mental health care at Latrobe Regional Hospital are being filled with the construction commencement of a $4.8 million State Government investment.

Final funding deal for Moe rail precinct

Coalition commits cash to embattled Moe railway revitalisation after months of limbo.

Ambo dispute falters

Pay deal rejected by ambo union following 16-month industrial dispute.

Liberals preselect Davis replacement

West Gippsland Liberal member and businessman Andrew Ronalds has been unofficially preselected to run as the Eastern Victoria Region candidate at the November 2014 state election.

Missing Traralgon boy found 

Missing 11 year-old Traralgon boy found safe and well on Friday morning.

Off with your mo

GIRLFRIENDS and wives were relieved to see hair above their partners' lips finally removed to mark the end of Movember in Traralgon.

A deserter’s story shared

When Bruno Trappmann asked a friend to shoot him in the foot, he knew the penalty, if caught, was death.

Creating healthy choices

Fair and affordable access to healthy food was a topic of juicy discussion at Kernot Hall in Morwell yesterday, where the creation of an innovative food network was workshopped at the Latrobe Food Forum.

TAFEs expand collaboration

A tertiary education partnership between AdvanceTAFE and GippsTAFE is expected to be announced in early 2014, amid an ongoing restructure prompted by the State Government's TAFE sector funding overhaul.

Heroin and codeine addictions addressed  

ALTERNATIVE medicines to assist with drug addictions such as heroin and codeine will become accessible as part of a new State Government initiative.

‘Election promises’ axed

The future of three Traralgon sporting projects have been thrust into limbo, with more than $850,000 in promised Federal Government funding officially cancelled.

Sea change for Latrobe chief

Outgoing Latrobe City chief executive Paul Buckley looks back on almost 10 years at the helm of an organisation which has grappled with unique challenges.

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