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Hunt on for arsonist

Police are pursing multiple avenues of enquiry in the hunt for those responsible for the suspicious Driffield fire.

Power under fire again

LAST year fire forced Gippsland Power from a Mount Hotham altitude camp via airlift, this year it came right to the club's doorstep.

Poisoning conditions in Hazelwood mine

THE nightmarish firefight at the Hazelwood open cut suffered a serious setback yesterday after seven volunteer firefighters were taken to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.

Toners Lane precinct survives brush with blaze

GRASSFIRES ravaged Twin City Archers' field archery course on Toners Lane at the weekend, causing about $15,000 worth of damage to the club's targets.

Poultry farm saved

Sunday's fire posed the biggest threat to the Lyndale Poultry Farm in its 50 years of operation.

Locals come first: Chester

FEDERAL Government funding is warranted in individual circumstances, Gippsland's Federal Member of Parliament, Darren Chester said following the SPC Ardmona debate.

Ronalds gets the ball rolling

Incoming Member for Eastern Victoria Region Andrew Ronalds' has called for protection of the Latrobe Valley's power industry in a maiden speech in Parliament.

Maryvale Mill’s lucky escape

Australian Paper management are counting themselves lucky as they begin to assess the cost of fire damage to the Maryvale Mill site.

Bid for coal a ‘blight on the ground’

A MOVE from AGL to retain the rights of an estimated two billion tonnes of brown coal extends a period of uncertainty for about 30 landholders in Flynn.

Across Gippsland

A snapshot of what's made news across Gippsland in the past week.

Gippsland freight plan launch criticised

The Shadow Minister for Freight and Logistics has slammed the Deputy Premier's launch of the Gippsland Freight Master Plan.

Gruelling trek

When you've no choice but to sleep night after night in a blood-soaked sleeping bag - caused from leech wounds which refuse to heal - you know you're in some mean bush.

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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...