Local firie lends a hand
Traralgon Fire Brigade officer-in-charge Peter Lockwood travelled to the Philippines to help with relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
Labor candidates installed
The Victorian Labor party has successfully installed two Melbourne-based candidates in the upper house seat of Eastern Region Victoria, despite extensive protest from Gippsland-based members.
Life after cancer
When Hannah O'Loughlin was hit with a non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis at just 25 years old, she was working as a beauty therapist at a Traralgon pharmacy, now she is following her dream career.
Mind your post-pub Ps and Qs
Visitors to Traralgon's bar and nightclub district now have constant reminders they're being watched, following the installation signs across the central business district.
Police news
Police yesterday afternoon charged a 33 year-old Morwell woman in relation to a string of burglaries in Hazelwood North.
Fund lures R&D hopefuls
Emerging coal technology developers have collectively fronted more than $8 million in an attempt to secure their share of $3.5 million research and funding grant through Brown Coal Innovation Australia.
Coal remains locked, for now
The State Government remains undecided on whether it will push ahead with plans to further unlock Latrobe Valley brown coal reserves for new coal projects.
Stacks of cash en route
The public will have to wait until 2014 to learn which alternative brown coal companies have successfully secured a share of $90 million in government money, designed to help fund demonstration plants in the Latrobe Valley.
Park improvement
Trafalgar's McGregor Park will be revitalised thanks to $400,000 in funding from the State Government and Baw Baw Shire.
Fire on Loy Yang dredger
AGL Loy Yang is in the process of investigating the extent of damage caused by a fire on one of its dredgers this morning.
Aberfeldy charge dropped
The most serious charge against the man accused of causing the Aberfeldy bushfire on 17 January was dropped on Thursday.
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.

















