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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.

Emotional finale

Victoria Police's show and pipe bands received a standing ovation after what could be their final Latrobe Valley performance on Tuesday night.

We are covered

STREAMING movies, downloading music and internet browsing will be much quicker in Moe and Newborough after Telstra switched on 4G mobile coverage yesterday.

Local firie lends a hand

Traralgon Fire Brigade officer-in-charge Peter Lockwood travelled to the Philippines to help with relief efforts in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

Labor candidates installed

The Victorian Labor party has successfully installed two Melbourne-based candidates in the upper house seat of Eastern Region Victoria, despite extensive protest from Gippsland-based members.

Life after cancer

When Hannah O'Loughlin was hit with a non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis at just 25 years old, she was working as a beauty therapist at a Traralgon pharmacy, now she is following her dream career.

Mind your post-pub Ps and Qs

Visitors to Traralgon's bar and nightclub district now have constant reminders they're being watched, following the installation signs across the central business district.

Police news

Police yesterday afternoon charged a 33 year-old Morwell woman in relation to a string of burglaries in Hazelwood North.

Fund lures R&D hopefuls

Emerging coal technology developers have collectively fronted more than $8 million in an attempt to secure their share of $3.5 million research and funding grant through Brown Coal Innovation Australia.

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.

Fire on Loy Yang dredger

AGL Loy Yang is in the process of investigating the extent of damage caused by a fire on one of its dredgers this morning.

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