‘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.
Unit decision ‘curious’
State Member for Morwell Russell Northe has echoed community concerns over the approval of a 16-unit development in the bowl of a quiet Traralgon court, but it is unclear whether his government will respond in accordance.
Former local honoured
Former Morwell man Paul Broderick received a Victorian Public Service medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List over the long weekend.
Candidates announced
WHILE the Australian Labor Party has yet to endorse a candidate to contest the seat of Gippsland at the next federal election, the Palmer United Party has committed to announcing candidates for Gippsland and McMillan within three weeks.
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White back on national duty
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TRARALGON'S Jack White makes his first appearance for Australia in 2026 tomorrow (Thursday, February 26) with the Boomers' tour of Guam and...
