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Drivers reminded to be alert following three deaths in three days

Latrobe Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to remain alert on the roads following three fatal collisions in three days last week.

Man jailed for ‘abhorrent’ abuse

A Latrobe Valley man will serve a minimum of five years in prison after pleading guilty to three charges of incest against his two stepdaughters.

No funding guarantees

Funding of more than $860,000 allocated to recreational projects for Traralgon and surrounding areas will be at risk if a Coalition Government is elected this Saturday.

Neighbours concerned over waste facility plan

A Morwell food company fears the establishment of a rubbish-sorting facility next door could jeopardise its food safety certificate and shut the business down.

Firies contain EnergyBrix blaze

Fire crews remain on site at EnergyBrix briquette factory in Morwell after numerous fires broke in its open storage yard early this morning.

Fatal crash at Yinnar South

Emergency services are at the scene of a fatal crash in Yinnar South this morning.

Chester vows to fight for project

Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has voiced his support for a multi-million dollar proposed Latrobe Valley dental lab after doubt was cast over the project's certainty.

Private Yallourn talks underway

Yallourn power station owner EnergyAustralia and the union representing 75 locked out operators have met face-to-face for private enterprise bargaining talks for the first time since April.

Valley assaults increase

Assaults in the Latrobe Valley continued to climb in the past 12 months, the latest Victoria Police statistics have revealed.

Mates helped man pursue young teens online, court told

A 22 year-old Morwell man who pleaded guilty to eight sexual offence charges involving five teenage girls used his friends to help him contact the victims via Facebook, a court has heard.

Police investigate fatal crash

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a crash on Tuesday morning which killed a 52 year-old Traralgon woman.

Open day attracts support

ATTENDANCE figures at last weekend's Monash University Gippsland campus Open Day have been welcomed as a sign of "genuine" public support for a new Federation University of Australia entity, set to commence next year.

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