Yallourn’s close brush with disaster
Numerous fires at Yallourn Power Station's inactive open cut largely escaped news headlines last week, despite a week-long operation by mine crews and the CFA to contain the outbreaks.
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.
Fires flatten plantations
The Latrobe Valley's extensive pine plantations were another notable victim of the Hernes Oak and Morwell fire last week, with swathes of Hancock Victoria Plantation trees lost in the blaze.
New protocols ‘not foolproof’
Updated protocols put in place to protect firefighters from carbon monoxide exposure in the Hazelwood mine will not guarantee their safety, an incident controller has admitted.
Hopes rest with state
Fund our hospital: The Latrobe Valley's hopes of major improvements to its public hospital now rest solely with the State Government.
Abbott’s commission a ‘royal joke’
THE Gippsland Trades and Labour Council has called Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Royal Commission into alleged union corruption a "waste of money".
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.
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