Brown coal investment
BUDGET: INVESTMENT in the Latrobe Valley's brown coal sector will be driven by a range of funding initiatives, according to State Energy and Resources Minister Nicholas Kotsiras.
Open cut in spotlight
BUDGET: The integrity of Latrobe Valley's brown coal open cut network has come under the state budget spotlight, with $4.2 million allocated to improve "high risk" stability issues.
University decision imminent
THE Latrobe Valley community will know by tomorrow whether Monash University and the University of Ballarat will forge ahead with a regional university alliance, though a campus briefing yesterday left staff feeling the plan was a "done deal".
Drivers hospitalised after crash
A 40 year-old Traralgon woman is expected to be transferred from Latrobe Regional Hospital to the Alfred Hospital after she was seriously injured in a crash on Hazelwood Road, near Traralgon this morning.
Funds sought for key project
THE Federal Government will soon be asked to help fund a new $6.7 million Latrobe Valley University Training Clinic in Churchill, as one of two key local projects to have secured support from the region's transition committee.
Motorcycle crash spate worries ambos
Ambulance Victoria is pleading with motorcyclists to take better care on the roads and in bush tracks, after helicopters were called to 21 rider injuries within a month across the state.
Housing wait still high
GIPPSLAND has experienced a slight fall in its public housing waiting list but almost 1000 people remain on a Latrobe Valley list.
A heatbreaking plight
LAST December Renee Martin, 18 weeks pregnant with her second child with husband Chris, had every reason to be excited about life - until a shocking cancer diagnosis threw everything into turmoil.
Yallourn offer ‘dead in the water’
An attempt by Yallourn Power Station operator EnergyAustralia to circumvent unions and break negotiation deadlock appears futile, with the majority of union members pledging to reject a company offer.
Ferguson’s comments ‘one-sided’
The union spearheading the heated industrial stoush at Yallourn Power Station has hit back at comments from former Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson, labelling his intervention 'inappropriate'.
Water supply concerns
An extensive water quality analysis has found a wide range of agricultural pesticides in Narracan Creek at Thorpdale, from which Moe and nearby towns extract drinking water.
‘Fairer’ fire levy system
Latrobe City rates notices sent out after 1 July will carry an extra charge as part of the new State Government fire services levy.
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JUST two days onward from this year’s Gippsland League grand final, junior footballers from across the state will gather for the return...
