Mine fire inquiry consultation sessions announced
The Hazelwood Mine Fire Inquiry will hold seven community consultations sessions beginning this week.
Passionate voices to be silenced
A popular Latrobe Valley-based news reading service for visually impaired residents could stage its last broadcast this week.
Alarming suicide rise
A Latrobe Valley mental health agency fears the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures for the region in the wake of rising suicides rates across Australia
Asbestos: our community’s hidden danger
Sometimes Erica Meall feels like her world is surrounded by asbestos.
Slow clean-up ahead
Only 37 Morwell homes have been cleaned out of the 500 homes registered for professional cleaning.
No leads in cruelty case
An animal cruelty case which shocked the Latrobe Valley community is no closer to being solved almost three months on.
‘Like a lightning flash’
A sudden flare of light was the first sign of trouble before an electricity flashover at a Morwell terminal stripped 80,000 homes of power across Gippsland on Friday.
Morwell power fault like flash of lightning
Traralgon resident Adam Field witnessed the electrical flashover unfold this morning which caused a power outage across areas of Gippsland.
Driver and passenger escape bus blaze
A Latrobe Valley bus driver and a passenger had to abandon vehicle this morning, after a suspected mechanical failure set their bus ablaze on a busy Morwell route.
Morwell’s clean-up confusion
With the residential clean-up in the wake of the Hazelwood mine fire well underway, some Morwell residents have questioned why they have been left with the mop-up job.
Latrobe Valley fatality-free for seven months
In his seven years at the helm of the Latrobe Highway Patrol, Sergeant Clint Wilson has never seen the road statistics so low.
Authorities did best in bad situation
The Australian Medical Association Victoria said it was satisfied health authorities made decisions during the smoke crisis based on the "best available medical evidence".
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50 years ago
The Express, August 27, 1976
Better mail service soon
THE Morwell mail centre will be a further step in the decentralisation program of the...
