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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.

Holden’s ‘disgraceful’ decision

Trafalgar's resident Holden enthusiast Neil Joiner expressed his disappointment at the announcement the iconic car manufacturer would cease building cars in Australia in 2017.

Health partners in recovery 

People suffering severe mental health problems, re-entering the community after inpatient care at Latrobe Regional Hospital, will have access to extra recovery and rehabilitation services through a $500,000 Federal grant.

Santa’s singing helpers

Tinsel decorated trolleys wheeled through the halls of a Traralgon shopping centre last week to be filled with toys for disadvantaged children, while carollers serenaded patrons outside in hope of extra donations to be placed under the Christmas tree.

Give them a ‘fur’ go

Two litters of kittens and their frightened mothers were recently dumped outside the gates of Latrobe City Pound.

SES truck home at last

THE almost decade-long campaign to find a permanent home for its life-saving Latrobe Valley emergency vehicles has come to an end for the Morwell State Emergency Service.

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.

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