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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.

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.

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.

Dangerous gas could spike again

Morwell residents could be exposed to elevated levels of the dangerous gas carbon monoxide for weeks, the CFA has warned.

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