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FedUni preference increase

The former Monash University Churchill campus is poised for an increase in enrolments for 2014 as the newly formed Federation University.

Emergency averted

The Westbury bushfire was declared safe yesterday after growing to 166 hectares since Thursday.

‘Optimistic’ future for community health

A MEETING with Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss this week has left the Latrobe Valley’s community health provider “optimistic” about securing funding to establish a university training clinic and dental prosthetic lab at Churchill.

Heat threatens power supply 

Up to 100,000 homes and commercial properties in Victoria could be without electricity, as a result of the extreme heat 

CRS to close Morwell branch

One of the Latrobe Valley's leading providers of employment services for around 100 people with a disability will close its doors in March.

Melting motorways 

Roads across the Latrobe Valley have been adversely affected by hot weather.

No plans to retire: Hall

Long-standing Gippsland MP Peter Hall has refuted claims he will not recontest his seat at the November election.

Historical markers shot at

A community organisation will need to spend $1000 replacing damaged historical marker signs near Walhalla, which appear to have been shot at by vandals.

Funding to tackle family violence

Five local organisations have shared in $68,230 funding to help tackle family violence from the Indigenous Family Violence Community Initiative.

The road to completion

Acting Prime Minister Warren Truss has shown his "commitment" to finish the Princes Highway duplication project between Traralgon and Sale.

Light up, stand out

Gippsland truck drivers are turning on their lights during daylight hours for the next 10 weeks in a campaign to reduce collisions.

Steps to weed out mobile blackspots

Gippslanders are being asked to provide information about their mobile phone coverage, with some communities experiencing service "black spots".

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