Ambos’ efforts thanked
AS doctors this week publicly called for children to be banned from riding quad bikes, the family of an East Gippsland boy was reunited with paramedics who saved their three year-old's life in a freak quad bike accident last month.
Violence in hospitals grows
LATROBE Valley nurses are subjected to death threats and assaults on the job and want to see security personnel permanently manned at Latrobe Regional Hospital to protect them.
Call-out under review
AMBULANCE Victoria will review its handling of a Gippsland 'call-out' which saw the service criticised in State Parliament recently.
Pressure mounts on EPA
Pressure is mounting from within the scientific community for authorities to address a "serious knowledge gap" in human caused mercury deposits, after levels in Latrobe Catchment waterways were found breaching safe environmental guidelines.
Waste company raided
A Trafalgar waste management business has been raided by police and environmental authorities as part of an ongoing investigation into illegal dumping practices.
Latrobe to get new top cop
Latrobe Inspector Mick West has taken on the acting role of superintendent for Victoria Police eastern region, division five, following a transfer to Melbourne by Superintendent Tess Walsh.
Accused meth dealer pleads guilty
A 34 year-old Traralgon man has pleaded guilty to trafficking a commercial quantity of methamphetamine between July 2011 and June 2012.
Facing the great unknown
Monash University Gippsland student Clinton Bush and young teacher Michael Heyne will ride their motorbikes from London to Cape Town at the end of this year in support of young people in Zambia.
Asbestos plan support
A NATIONAL plan to protect Australians from asbestos-related diseases has been cautiously welcomed by Gippsland's asbestos support group as the Federal Government announces funding.
Guard of honour
Victoria Police Sergeant David John Staple has been remembered as a loving father and husband, jovial mate and a passionate emergency service worker and volunteer.
Latrobe Valley NBN divide likely
ANALYSIS: The likelihood of Latrobe Valley households outside of Traralgon actually receiving fibre optic broadband direct to the doorstep are slim under a Coalition Government, according to an Express analysis of opposition broadband policy.
Waiting to connect
Jacinta Hicken has been lobbying for high speed broadband to come to Mirboo North since she moved to town over four years ago.
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Three votes for new novel
FOOTBALL
By LIAM DURKIN
TRARALGON footballing great Kelvin Templeton has written a book.
And it’s not an autobiography.
The Brownlow/Coleman medallist will be back home next week for...
