Hunt on for arsonist
Police are pursing multiple avenues of enquiry in the hunt for those responsible for the suspicious Driffield fire.
Power under fire again
LAST year fire forced Gippsland Power from a Mount Hotham altitude camp via airlift, this year it came right to the club's doorstep.
Poisoning conditions in Hazelwood mine
THE nightmarish firefight at the Hazelwood open cut suffered a serious setback yesterday after seven volunteer firefighters were taken to hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning.
Toners Lane precinct survives brush with blaze
GRASSFIRES ravaged Twin City Archers' field archery course on Toners Lane at the weekend, causing about $15,000 worth of damage to the club's targets.
Poultry farm saved
Sunday's fire posed the biggest threat to the Lyndale Poultry Farm in its 50 years of operation.
Locals come first: Chester
FEDERAL Government funding is warranted in individual circumstances, Gippsland's Federal Member of Parliament, Darren Chester said following the SPC Ardmona debate.
Ronalds gets the ball rolling
Incoming Member for Eastern Victoria Region Andrew Ronalds' has called for protection of the Latrobe Valley's power industry in a maiden speech in Parliament.
Maryvale Mill’s lucky escape
Australian Paper management are counting themselves lucky as they begin to assess the cost of fire damage to the Maryvale Mill site.
Bid for coal a ‘blight on the ground’
A MOVE from AGL to retain the rights of an estimated two billion tonnes of brown coal extends a period of uncertainty for about 30 landholders in Flynn.
‘Moe’s on the move’
Moe's business community believes now is the time to invest in the town, with major investments and residential developments set to expand its population.
Safetech Moe to expand
A MOE-based engineering company will soon expand its manufacturing capabilities thanks to a $150,000 grant from the Latrobe Valley Industry and Infrastructure Fund, which will go towards a $560,000 project.
Hosing down the issue
TWIN City Archers may have been equipped to reduce fire damage to its now devastated field course but for an oversight in the development of its indoor centre.
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Morwell magnesium on hold, jobs denied
By PHILIP HOPKINS
LATROBE MAGNESIUM has put on hold its plan to develop a magnesium smelter in Morwell but instead will build a huge smelter...
