Strategies to improve tourism
INVESTMENT into Gippsland's national parks such as the Tarra Bulga tree-top walk, the coastal wilderness walk and the Gippsland Lakes have been listed among actions to stimulate Gippsland tourism.
Parents learn too
ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Island families expected to join the Kurnai College Morwell community in the new year are learning technical skills to better engage in their children's education.
The Smith Family awarded
THE Smith Family in Gippsland has been recognised for its ongoing delivery of educational support to Kurnai College, and the suite of Learning for Life programs across Morwell and Churchill.
Interim CEO appointed
GippsTAFE chair John Mitchell will man the helm of Latrobe City while it searches for a replacement for outgoing chief executive Paul Buckley.
Shared pathway route approved
Latrobe City Council has endorsed a route for a shared pathway between Morwell and Traralgon following public consultation, years after the idea was first mooted.
Safety ‘breached’ on V/Line trains
The safe number of total passengers allowed on V/Line services was breached 55 times over a six-month period on the Traralgon service in the first half of 2013.
Charity money stolen
Charity tins stolen from Moe stores has disappointed a fundraising stalwart for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
Mends for coastal canines
A TIME amendment to new dog-walking restrictions at Inverloch beaches has done little to appease residents and tourists who opposed the new rules.
Moe bank hold-up adjourned in Valley court
The man charged with robbing Moe's Westpac bank on 23 September will appear in Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court on 9 January.
Police welcome pub bans
AN automatic two-year ban from licensed premises for displays of violent drunken behaviour will strengthen local liquor accords.
Char plant flatlines
A dinosaur in Latrobe Valley's industrial landscape will perform its swan song next year, when Australian Char mothballs its char production facility in June.
Remember to shop Latrobe
MORWELL beauty salon owner Lauren Gill said the community needed to make a conscious effort to shop locally this Christmas.
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