Business resilience
FEDERAL Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson has met with businesses and local employers in Traralgon to encourage the community to shop locally.
Festive caring
A YOUNG Yinnar woman is making a difference for the dozens of Gippsland children that don't spend Christmas with their family.
Grinches get away
A Newborough resident was outraged when she found her solar-powered Christmas lights had been stolen by "rotten sods" last week.
Operation Christmas appeal
Volunteers from the ItalianAustralian Club have helped launch the 2013 Latrobe Regional Hospital Christmas Appeal.
Duplication underway
Duplication of the Princes Highway between Traralgon and Sale is a step closer after the first sod was turned at the Nambrok Road section of the project yesterday.
Strategies to improve tourism
INVESTMENT into Gippsland's national parks such as the Tarra Bulga tree-top walk, the coastal wilderness walk and the Gippsland Lakes have been listed among actions to stimulate Gippsland tourism.
Parents learn too
ABORIGINAL and Torres Strait Island families expected to join the Kurnai College Morwell community in the new year are learning technical skills to better engage in their children's education.
The Smith Family awarded
THE Smith Family in Gippsland has been recognised for its ongoing delivery of educational support to Kurnai College, and the suite of Learning for Life programs across Morwell and Churchill.
Interim CEO appointed
GippsTAFE chair John Mitchell will man the helm of Latrobe City while it searches for a replacement for outgoing chief executive Paul Buckley.
Shared pathway route approved
Latrobe City Council has endorsed a route for a shared pathway between Morwell and Traralgon following public consultation, years after the idea was first mooted.
Safety ‘breached’ on V/Line trains
The safe number of total passengers allowed on V/Line services was breached 55 times over a six-month period on the Traralgon service in the first half of 2013.
Charity money stolen
Charity tins stolen from Moe stores has disappointed a fundraising stalwart for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal.















