This is a crisis: community outrage at public meeting
Frustrations boiled over at a community fire and health information meeting in Morwell this week.
Health fears continue to linger
Since the smoke began to linger in Morwell's south, six month-old Branigan Kitwood has developed a cough, at times, so severe, it affects his eating.
Cause for concern
McLean Street residents Dave and Vera Medew, like many Morwell residents, have been inundated with ash sneaking into their house and falling onto their cars.
‘No long-term health worries’
The Department of Health maintains the Latrobe Valley's prolonged exposure to smoke is not likely to cause long-term health issues in residents.
Buckled in for the long haul
Firefighters at the Hazelwood mine are bracing themselves for increased winds today and tomorrow, where they have dug in for a firefight predicted to continue for weeks
Special anniversary for Baringa
Forty years of helping Gippsland children with mild intellectual disabilities reach their goals will be celebrated at Baringa School on Sunday.
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.
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