Re-claiming power
Latrobe City councillors hope new planning regulations will help strip property developers of their power to build high-density dwellings in quiet residential areas.
A sense of pride
Dance students, parents and teachers from around the region gathered for the 27th annual International Power Morwell Festival of Dance.
Time to step up: CFMEU
The union representing 75 locked-out Yallourn power station operators has called on alternative unions to "step up to the plate", after a return to enterprise bargaining negotiations this week ended without agreement.
Apprentices still out of work
Just 19 apprentices found ongoing employment through a jobs initiative, which ended on Sunday, falling well short of the target Regional Development Victoria set.
Electoral game-changer
The state seat of Morwell will be re-shaped to encompass Latrobe Valley's three major towns if proposed changes to electoral boundaries are adopted.
Sex abuse accused pleads guilty
A 21 year-old Morwell man has pleaded guilty to eight sexual offence charges involving five different children.
Pool proposal misses out
A BID for Federal Government funds to build a Gippsland Regional Aquatic Centre in Traralgon has failed amid accusations "regional" money had been "siphoned off to city-based projects".
Yallourn water discharge increased
The operator of Yallourn's waterlogged brown coal mine cut has been granted a 60 per cent increase to its water discharge allowance by the Environment Protection Authority.
Gonski uncertainty lingers
Significant discrepancies in Gonski funding projections for some Latrobe Valley schools remain un-addressed, with the Federal leadership changeover casting a further cloud of uncertainty over Victoria's inclusion in the reforms.
Ambos reject govt claims
PARAMEDICS have rejected claims by the State Government last week they had not made a "genuine" effort to resolve a protracted industrial dispute.
Convoy protest
MONASH Gippsland campus staff fear the implications for their workplace arrangements if enterprise agreement talks are not resolved before University of Ballarat takes over the campus in January next year.
Uni name released
FEDERATION University Australia is the new entity that will represent Monash Gippsland and University of Ballarat's campuses from 1 January next year.
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Kevin Sheedy special guest at this year’s cup
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By LIAM DURKIN
THE marshmallows were saved for the confectionary stand this time.
AFL legend Kevin Sheedy was guest of honour at this year's Moe...
