Horses help to heal
A UNIQUE therapeutic approach to working with traumatised people, using horses as part of the intervention, has been embraced locally following a Gippsland demonstration last month.
Pharmacy concerns go statewide
THE resignation of Latrobe Regional Hospital's director and deputy director of pharmacy, covered by The Express last month, was the subject of a recent ABC 7.30 Report story.
‘Sinister statistic’
DEATHS and crime rates linked to the methamphetamine 'ice' are soaring and the crisis has long-serving Magistrate Clive Alsop seriously worried.
Recovery Walk celebrates recovering addicts
THE "mammoth" effort required to recover from drug addiction will be celebrated with a Recovery Walk in Morwell on Thursday.
Massive effort to curtail blaze
An expanding manufacturing business in Morwell has expressed "extreme gratitude" to local fire authorities, after its new warehouse was narrowly saved from a fierce industrial fire.
Blood sets the record straight
The man who kick started a '$5 billion' coal-to-liquid project, promising the creation of hundreds of Latrobe Valley jobs, only to controversially sell the project off in 2004, is back.
CCTV safety boost
Two Latrobe Valley public areas will have improved lighting, through a State Government grant of more than $79,000.Crime Prevention Minister Edward O'Donohue announced the...
No authority to help
A last-ditch community bid to prevent 16 units from being constructed in the bowl of a Traralgon court has failed, with the State Government revealing it will not intervene.
Funding injection to expand facility
Traralgon steel manufacturer Steeline Gippsland has "exciting times ahead" due to the State Government supporting the company with a funding boost for large scale expansion.
Downpour tests region
The Latrobe Valley's first big downpour of the year had Traralgon residents evacuated from their homes, new infrastructure tested and a man winched to safety.
More heavy rain on the way
The State Emergency Service has warned of a high chance of flooding in the Traralgon Creek area later this afternoon and overnight.
Long weekend shortfalls
MOST of Gippsland underwent periods where no ambulance was available over the Queen's Birthday long weekend, the State Opposition claimed this week.














