Valley digs deep to top biggest efforts
AN anonymous Latrobe Valley family has played a pivotal role in helping Traralgon's Royal Exchange Hotel Cork Club make its biggest ever contribution to the Good Friday Appeal.
Ongoing trend of neglect
A MOVE to retrench 37 Hazelwood power station contractors has been met with widespread alarm from unions, who fear it will further entrench a "disturbing and ongoing trend" of maintenance cutbacks in the power industry.
A taste of Easter
Amber enjoyed her first taste of chocolate when the Easter Bunny visited the Moe Central Child Care and Kindergarten centre yesterday.
Give apprentices a go
LOCAL businesses who hire trade apprentices have been urged to take advantage of a financial incentive provided by the State Government through the Gippsland Apprentices Program, which aims to have 50 apprentices employed by 30 June.
Support university proposal: PVC
THE broader Gippsland community has been urged to stand by and embrace the proposal for an expanded regional university by Monash University Gippsland Campus' Pro Vice Chancellor Professor Robin Pollard.
Power station to get protester pay-out
ANTI-coal activists who scaled a cooling tower at the Yallourn Power Station in December have been ordered to pay $2500 each in compensation to EnergyAustralia.
Strike threat looms
THE looming threat of industrial action has resurfaced at Yallourn power station, where shift workers are preparing to walk off the job next Wednesday.
Stretched to breaking point
GIPPSLAND has the most under-resourced ambulance service in Victoria, raising fears among paramedics the service will hit breaking point this Easter.
Future frontline
Latrobe Valley's business sector is well placed to host the 'next wave' of widespread energy efficiency improvements, as part of the wider battle against the impacts of climate change.
Development moves ahead
Latrobe City Council has paved the way for a major residential development to progress in the Moe-Newborough area.
Grand reopening of falls
Visitors will now be able to safely enjoy the "peace and tranquillity" of Morwell River Falls Reserve after its reopening on Friday.
On the right track
IF the success of an anti-bullying program is measured by student engagement, the Creating A Safe Supportive Environment program in its demonstration phase at St Gabriel's Primary School in Traralgon seems to be right on track.
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Dazzling life for Ken now with OAM
WRESTLING
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
FROM the age of six, all Ken Dunlop wanted to be was a wrestler.
Seeing his dreams become a reality under the stage...
