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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.

HRL’s briquetting future undecided

The upcoming decommissioning of Australian Char's char plant will see Morwell's Energy Brix's briquette factory lose one of its biggest customers.

Not a good start 

MORWELL'S Goodstart Early Learning Centre is among 641 of the organisation's branches left in limbo after the Federal Government asked operators to return promised wage increases.

Coal remains locked, for now

The State Government remains undecided on whether it will push ahead with plans to further unlock Latrobe Valley brown coal reserves for new coal projects.

Stacks of cash en route

The public will have to wait until 2014 to learn which alternative brown coal companies have successfully secured a share of $90 million in government money, designed to help fund demonstration plants in the Latrobe Valley.

Park improvement

Trafalgar's McGregor Park will be revitalised thanks to $400,000 in funding from the State Government and Baw Baw Shire.

Price hike hurts

WITH LPG prices breaching $1 per litre at local fuel outlets, financial strain is expected to be widely felt across Gippsland in the lead-up to Christmas.

Cost of caring

A nursing welfare organisation is encouraging Latrobe Valley nurses to take time to look after themselves throughout the holiday period.

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