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Campaign for preservation

The Friends of Horseshoe Bend Tunnel are leading a new campaign for the preservation of the tunnel's surrounds. Volunteers guided journalist STEPHANIE CHARALAMBOUS and photographer BRYAN PETTS-JONES into the mountain rivers region on Tuesday.

Valley seniors air concerns

The cost of living has emerged as the major concern for Latrobe Valley seniors heading into the federal election.

Valley’s good news

A SERIES of multi-million dollar good news announcements have come Latrobe Valley's way this week, and are expected to boost confidence across a range of sectors in the region.

Grassroots garden support

A national gardening personality has stepped in to bat for an ailing Morwell man, who had been ordered to remove his nature strip garden by Latrobe City Council by today.

Giant step forward

WORK towards a planned new university training clinic in Churchill can commence quickly following today's announcement of Federal Government funding for the project.

GSI mortgage fund risks ‘inherent’

Local investors who put their life savings into embattled mortgage fund Gippsland Secure Investments may not have been fully aware of inherent risks in the venture, according to a local financial advisor.

Anxious wait for concerned investor

When a Latrobe Valley resident decided to invest her ageing father's last $30,000 into Gippsland Secured Investments three years ago, she felt she was making a solid financial investment.

Social talk – ‘Colin’s last stand’

Social talk - Mr Bermingham's original story, 'Colin's last stand', published in Monday's Express, received more than 20 comments from our readers on Facebook.

Talks go backwards

The latest attempt to reach an enterprise agreement for locked out Yallourn workers has again passed without resolution, with no further commitments set to re-continue negotiations.

Moe community rejoices

It was a proposal dogged by disagreement delay, but Moe community leaders have finally been given the assurance they need to know the town's railway revitalisation project will go ahead.

Engineering a new pathway

A RANGE of extra courses, including a new engineering pathway, will be offered in Gippsland next year as Monash University moves to merge with the University of Ballarat.

Seized dog returned to owner

A pet dog has been allowed to return to its Churchill owner after it was seized by police earlier this month under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act when it was found at the bottom of a wheelie bin.

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