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Ambo dispute escalates

FATIGUED paramedics will escalate industrial action to "send a strong message" to Ambulance Victoria in hopes of ending a 19-month enterprise agreement dispute.

Clean-up package for Morwell

THE clean-up process has begun with the State Government announcing a $2 million package for residents to clean ash left by the Hazelwood mine fire.

At-risk Morwell residents free to return

The State Government has lifted its relocation advice for at-risk Morwell residents and workers, after "significant" improvements in coal ash fallout from the Hazelwood open cut fire.

Three nabbed in Morwell marijuana busts 

Three people were arrested when police located 755 cannabis plants at two Morwell residences on Thursday.

Patchy service causes daily frustration

Toongabbie retiree Peter Feenstra has a mobile phone, but he reckons a tin can and a string could do a better job with the area's patchy mobile network.

Valley black spots vie for funding

Latrobe Valley communities with poor to non-existent mobile phone coverage face some tough competition in their bid for a share of $100 million in Federal funding for troubled black spot areas.

Northe’s high stakes promotion 

In his new found ministerial role, Member for Morwell Russell Northe pre-empts the balancing act of local constituent advocacy and power industry regulation.   

No place like home for West

Outgoing Latrobe police inspector Mick West reflects on 17 years stationed in the Valley. 

Blaze threatens Rosedale homes

A fire which began near Farrells Lane, south-east of Rosedale on Saturday afternoon came close to burning through the Holey Plains State Park and pine plantations in the area, according to Incident Controller Graeme Taylor.

Nationals staffer wins Eastern Region preselection battle

The Nationals Party has chosen its successor for outgoing Gippsland party stalwart Peter Hall, preselecting political staffer Danny O'Brien as the upper house member for Eastern Region.

Veteran services under fire

A YOUNG Iraq veteran has slammed the Department of Veterans' Affairs call to reassess the future of the Morwell Veteran Access Network.

Mine fire choppers wow Morwell school kids

Hats flew off heads and squeals from school students could just be heard through the sound of helicopter rotor blades slicing through the air.

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