Private agreement cut
Maryvale Private Hospital patients covered by health fund HCF will be forced to change insurers or travel to Melbourne for hospital care.
Export ambition
Mirboo North horticultural heiress Emma Germano is not going to stand by and watch her industry struggle.
Nervous funding wait
Stakeholders in multiple Latrobe Valley projects face a nervous wait on funding news from the new Federal Coalition Government, with the possibility some will not go ahead.
‘Brazen’ bank robbery
A man has been taken into police custody following an armed bank robbery at Moe this afternoon.
Fed up with flooding
Regular flooding has frustrated a Tanjil South family who claim their property was not provided with adequate drainage when the land was prepared for housing.
Council ‘secrecy’ infuriates community
Latrobe City Council's decision to keep details of an independent review of its own governance processes out of the public eye has drawn a barrage of community criticism.
Vote defended
Councillor Dale Harriman has defended his decision to vote on the Moe railway revitalisation project governance review on Monday night.
Council spending overhaul
A LATROBE City councillor has made a last-ditch effort to stop a major overhaul of how council spends ratepayer money, from the purchase of office equipment, to large construction projects.
Pharmacy safety concern continues
THE Fair Work Commission is expected to deal with issues plaguing Latrobe Regional Hospital's pharmacy later this month.
Hazelwood sets pondage adrift
Latrobe City ratepayers could financially shoulder Hazelwood power station's latest cost-cutting measure, as part of a new lease arrangement proposal for Hazelwood Pondage.
Drug spike prompts call for education
A JUMP in drug offences across the Latrobe Valley has been used as the basis for a State Opposition push to see drug awareness staff reinstated in the education system.
Patients charged for ‘ramping’
THE State Government came under fire this week after news broke of an expensive charge being levied on sick patients while they lay on stretchers inside the emergency departments of regional hospitals.