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Rail trail back on track

FUNDING concerns for Gippsland Plains Rail Trail have been put to rest after Latrobe City Council agreed to compensate part of a shortfall of more than $83,000 last week.

Rethink on beauty

A mixed-media photograph book largely shot in Moe and Trafalgar aims to empower women by encouraging a rethink of the ideals of beauty.

Key service ‘let down’

A KEY Latrobe Valley youth welfare service facing a critical undersupply of resources has accused the Victorian Department of Education of poor consultation and support provision.

Two killed in horror crash

Police are investigating the cause of a horror crash at Rosedale on Friday which claimed the life of a 45 year-old woman and young girl from the Northern Territory.

Government money returned

THE remains of $50 million in State Government money awarded to HRL's ill-fated Dual Gas plant proposal, planned for a Morwell construction, has been returned to government coffers.

TAFEs to probe merger

A POTENTIAL merger between GippsTAFE and Chisholm Institute of TAFE will be workshopped over the coming months, through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between parties exploring joint course delivery models.

Clinic expands care

TRARALGON'S Breed Street Clinic will be better equipped to train the next generation of doctors and nurses following a $750,000 extension.

Two people killed in Rosedale collision

UPDATE: A second person has died following a head on collision at Rosedale earlier this afternoon.

Good news for The Express

The Express has been acknowledged by the Victorian Country Press Association as a “community watchdog” and a true contender among non-daily newspapers across the state.

Jobs increase in short term

Short term job data has shown an extra 2200 Gippslanders found work in October, in line with an overall rise in Victorian employment figures.

Case of mistaken identity

TRARALGON locals need not be wary of bats in Newman Park, for the new winged occupants are in fact a colony of grey-headed flying foxes.

Falcon upsets coal operations

Loy Yang Power Station agreed to scale back coal mining operations on Tuesday to return a displaced falcon chick to its nesting place - 40 metres up an operational bucket wheel dredger.

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