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Digital learning program secured

A new program to help residents embrace digital technology has been financially secured for 12 months.

Time’s running out

Latrobe Valley students could miss out on an "opportunity of a lifetime" if the State Government fails to sign up to the Gonski education reforms, according to local school leaders.

Peek into Michael’s magical world

With rigorous attention to detail, Michael Gallop draws on his affinity with animals to create chillingly lifelike works of art.

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.

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.

‘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.

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