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Wallace Street resident home at last

A WALLACE Street resident is among those who have returned to Morwell after health officials gave the all-clear to return home on Tuesday.

Much more than just a big red bus

After three years of planning, a vision by a group of Traralgon dialysis patients to make life better for sufferers like themselves will become a reality.

Clean-up package for Morwell

THE clean-up process has begun with the State Government announcing a $2 million package for residents to clean ash left by the Hazelwood mine fire.

At-risk Morwell residents free to return

The State Government has lifted its relocation advice for at-risk Morwell residents and workers, after "significant" improvements in coal ash fallout from the Hazelwood open cut fire.

Veteran services under fire

A YOUNG Iraq veteran has slammed the Department of Veterans' Affairs call to reassess the future of the Morwell Veteran Access Network.

Mine fire choppers wow Morwell school kids

Hats flew off heads and squeals from school students could just be heard through the sound of helicopter rotor blades slicing through the air.

Immediate plantation burnoffs unlikely

Hancock Victorian Plantations has confirmed it is unlikely to undertake any planned burnings before Easter.

Boolarra CSG free

BOOLARRA will become the first town in the Latrobe Valley to declare itself 'Coal Seam Gas Free' with a declaration day organised by the Sustainable Boolarra Group for Sunday.

Opening a world of opportunities for students

Broadening the horizons of Gippsland's high school students was the focus of the day when education and government representatives joined forces on Thursday to discuss a new workplace learning project.

Three nabbed in Morwell marijuana busts 

Three people were arrested when police located 755 cannabis plants at two Morwell residences on Thursday.

Patchy service causes daily frustration

Toongabbie retiree Peter Feenstra has a mobile phone, but he reckons a tin can and a string could do a better job with the area's patchy mobile network.

Valley black spots vie for funding

Latrobe Valley communities with poor to non-existent mobile phone coverage face some tough competition in their bid for a share of $100 million in Federal funding for troubled black spot areas.

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