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Time to digest agreement

More than 48 hours after the education union reached an in-principal pay agreement with the State Government last Wednesday, Latrobe Valley teachers were still cautious about celebrating the hard-fought milestone.

Taking in the sights

More than 50 cyclists took to the bikes last week, participating in a five-day trek to raise money for the vision impaired.

On the move

KOORIE elders from across the Latrobe Valley will no longer have to hire a bus for their regular trips and get-togethers, following support from the Traralgon South community.

Going with the beat

Almost 30 drummers congregated in an impromptu drumming circle in Morwell last week.

Cruelty charges dropped 

The State Government remains silent amid heightened criticism over its handling of animal abuse accusations at a Trafalgar abattoir, which shut down a 60 year-old family business in late 2011.

Idle ambulance data challenged

DATA showing ambulances sat idle for more than 300 "unfilled shifts" in Gippsland last year has been challenged by Ambulance Victoria.

University stoush escalates

TENSIONS between Latrobe City Council and Monash University have intensified following a professor's thinly-veiled attack on council's criticism of the institution.

Waste scheme rubbished

Latrobe City Council has vowed to better communicate with the public about its hard waste services following community outrage over long delays and tight restrictions during the weekend's no-charge drop-off service

Nurses put the challenge out

Witnessing first hand the life-saving power of blood donations across her career, nursing lecturer Ainsley James knew how important it was to donate.

Opening up together

Living with prostate cancer can make you feel 'bloody lonely sometimes'. But it doesn't have to be.

Department merger concerns

AN environmental group has raised concerns planned State Government department mergers might see new brown coal projects fast-tracked in the Latrobe Valley.

Valley teacher pay rise in sight 

Latrobe Valley public school teachers are set to receive hard-fought pay rises this year, after one of the most drawn out industrial disputes in recent history drew to a symbolic close yesterday.

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