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.
Yallourn’s water woes continue
The emergency pumping of floodwater from Yallourn's active coal mine, which began overflowing into the open cut on Saturday after heavy rain, has begun after receiving environment regulator approval.
Cuts to impact on Parks frontline
A Gippsland-based Parks Victoria ranger has warned State Government moves to cut 10 per cent of its workforce statewide will inevitably impact on frontline parks management practices.
Water customers to pay less
The average Gippsland Water customer will pay slightly less for annual water consumption in the coming financial year, according to new pricing figures approved by the Essential Services Commission.
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.
‘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.
Blood sets the record straight
The man who kick started a '$5 billion' coal-to-liquid project, promising the creation of hundreds of Latrobe Valley jobs, only to controversially sell the project off in 2004, is back.
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...
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Morwell magnesium on hold, jobs denied
By PHILIP HOPKINS
LATROBE MAGNESIUM has put on hold its plan to develop a magnesium smelter in Morwell but instead will build a huge smelter...
