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Job figures improve

LATROBE Valley towns have recorded a slight dip in their jobless rates, according to the most recent data.

Boxer endorsed as candidate

INTERNATIONAL Boxing Organisation super-featherweight world champion Will Tomlinson will stand for the Palmer United Party in the seat of Gippsland at the next federal election.

Bob to boost spirits

A union, a power station and a priest. Industrial deadlock at Yallourn will today be graced with the sort of peacemaker not typically seen in a power sector dispute.

Myki joins Traralgon line

COMMUTERS travelling on V/Line's Traralgon line can now use Myki after the ticketing system was introduced on Monday.

Taking control of energy use

Energy conscious Latrobe Valley residents will become informed energy users following workshops held across the region.

More delays on line repairs

The restoration of rail services between Bairnsdale and Traralgon has suffered a further delay, with trains not predicted to be online until late October, following the procurement of rail-grinder machinery from Europe.

Dust settles on GippsTAFE overhaul

The Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE has confirmed a 10 per cent drop in enrolments on last year's figures, as the institute's course overhaul, largely forced by State Government budget cuts, begins to settle.

Union bosses summoned

The power industry's state and national union powerbrokers are being summoned for high level talks this week, to develop contingency plans should industrial turmoil at Yallourn continue to deteriorate.

Hospital sorry for heavy confusion

A Moe man has received an unreserved apology from the management of West Gippsland Hospital, after a communication breakdown led to a last-minute cancellation of gall-bladder surgery

Charges laid over ‘Peppa’ death

A MAN has been charged over the fatal shooting of a family's pet husky near Yallourn North on Anzac Day.

Subdivision on hold

The future of a three lot subdivision at 11 Webb Street, Traralgon is up in the air after Latrobe City Council did not vote on the matter at Monday night's meeting.

Auto import expansion

A niche Traralgon auto-manufacturing business is expanding to localise its production line, in response to growing demand for imported American vehicles. 

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