Changes to access
ACCESS to some of Latrobe Regional Hospital's main areas and departments will be hampered over coming months as multi-million dollar upgrades are underway.
‘Healthy’ enrolments
There is an air of cautious optimism about Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE campuses this week, after the institute attracted a 'healthy' round of initial enrolments, quelling long-held fears increased course fees could cause further staff redundancies.
Loss for indigenous community
Morwell's ill-fated Woolum Bellum college became the scene of emotional farewells on Tuesday, as the school community united in the week of the school's closure.
Emotions run high
THE fiery exchange of words and heightened emotions at Monday's Latrobe City council meeting was the result of a decade's worth of frustration, according to Committee for Moe president Manny Gelagotis.
Schools still struggling
Latrobe Valley high schools are still struggling to adjust to $12 million in annual funding cuts to the state's Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning program, more than 12 months after the State Government's announcement of the drawback.
Fiery council meeting
TWO Latrobe City West Ward councillors were delivered an impassioned warning "never to shop in Moe again" at Monday night's explosive final council meeting for the year.
A gateway to skills
THERE is more than one path to continued study, as determined Moe student and mother Rebecca Barry can attest, but a newly launched "gateway" website aims to ease the path, however one chooses to pursue it.
Waterloo Road pothole set for repairs
A car accident on Waterloo Road, near Moe, caused by a "very large pothole" last week has prompted planned repairs to the "dangerous" road to be brought forward.
Latrobe drivers disappoint
ONE in every 289 drivers who underwent a preliminary breath test in the Latrobe Police Service Area under Operation RAID as part of the annual Summer Stay enforcement program were found to be above the prescribed alcohol limit.
Universal cover call
FEARS ambulance costs prevent heart attack victims from phoning Triple Zero have prompted the National Heart Foundation to call for universal ambulance cover.
Feds refuse to stop cuts to hospitals
AN investigation into how costs can be broadly cut from Latrobe Regional Hospital's already lean budget is now underway following the Federal Government's steadfast refusal last week to reconsider its grab from the hospital's bottom line.
Slowing industry hurts apprentices
STATE Government statistics showing a decline in the total apprentice numbers in Victoria over the past nine months have not surprised industry players.
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