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Buckled in for the long haul

Firefighters at the Hazelwood mine are bracing themselves for increased winds today and tomorrow, where they have dug in for a firefight predicted to continue for weeks

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.

Second community meeting to address ongoing fire emergency

The second community meeting for the Latrobe Valley open cut mine fires will be held tonight from 6pm at Kernot Hall.

Traralgon drive-by shooting under investigation

Police are seeking the public's help to find the person responsible for a drive-by shooting in Traralgon in the early hours of Friday morning.

Footpath absence cause for concern

Traralgon resident Cherie Stone is calling on VicRoads and Latrobe City Council to make Traralgon more wheelchair friendly.

Yallourn’s close brush with disaster

Numerous fires at Yallourn Power Station's inactive open cut largely escaped news headlines last week, despite a week-long operation by mine crews and the CFA to contain the outbreaks.

Mop-up continues

More than 100 hundred CFA personnel were still in the field late last week, mopping up a week's worth of non-mine related fire activity, despite giving the 'all-clear' on Thursday evening.

Trains back on schedule

Gippsland's V/Line train services were predicted to return to regular schedules at the weekend, after repairs to fire damaged track were completed west of Morwell.

One in 30 drivers on drugs

Eleven people were caught driving with drugs in their system, during a three-day police operation in the Latrobe Valley.

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Rails delayed due to freight train fault

The Gippsland line is experiencing another major delay, as services have been halted for the past hour due to a freight train fault at Caulfield. V/line anticipates...