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Traralgon drive-by shooting under investigation

Police are seeking the public's help to find the person responsible for a drive-by shooting in Traralgon in the early hours of Friday morning.

Footpath absence cause for concern

Traralgon resident Cherie Stone is calling on VicRoads and Latrobe City Council to make Traralgon more wheelchair friendly.

Yallourn’s close brush with disaster

Numerous fires at Yallourn Power Station's inactive open cut largely escaped news headlines last week, despite a week-long operation by mine crews and the CFA to contain the outbreaks.

Mop-up continues

More than 100 hundred CFA personnel were still in the field late last week, mopping up a week's worth of non-mine related fire activity, despite giving the 'all-clear' on Thursday evening.

Trains back on schedule

Gippsland's V/Line train services were predicted to return to regular schedules at the weekend, after repairs to fire damaged track were completed west of Morwell.

One in 30 drivers on drugs

Eleven people were caught driving with drugs in their system, during a three-day police operation in the Latrobe Valley.

Dangerous gas could spike again

Morwell residents could be exposed to elevated levels of the dangerous gas carbon monoxide for weeks, the CFA has warned.

Fires flatten plantations

The Latrobe Valley's extensive pine plantations were another notable victim of the Hernes Oak and Morwell fire last week, with swathes of Hancock Victoria Plantation trees lost in the blaze.

New protocols ‘not foolproof’

Updated protocols put in place to protect firefighters from carbon monoxide exposure in the Hazelwood mine will not guarantee their safety, an incident controller has admitted.

Hopes rest with state

Fund our hospital: The Latrobe Valley's hopes of major improvements to its public hospital now rest solely with the State Government.

Abbott’s commission a ‘royal joke’

THE Gippsland Trades and Labour Council has called Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Royal Commission into alleged union corruption a "waste of money".

Gut-wrenching ordeal for dog breeders

A Morwell family remains in a state of anguish over the death of five dogs on their Latrobe Road property, lost in the Hernes Oak fire on Sunday.

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