Budget blame game continues
LATROBE Regional Hospital faces its toughest budget challenge yet as the impact of government funding cuts hit hard and federal and state health ministers remain locked in battle over who is to blame.
Motions carried at Moe rally
A call for Latrobe City's West Ward councillors to immediately resign was met with applause by the majority attending Friday's Moe community information night.
‘Intense negotiations’ to begin this week
IT is believed work bans scheduled by public school Australian Education Union members, including a 24-hour stop work on 14 February, will continue as scheduled despite "intense negotiations" set to happen this week between the union and State Government.
Drainage decision welcomed
Trafalgar residents have welcomed Baw Baw Shire Council's recent decision to redirect funds to the Trafalgar Drainage Program, which would address the community's frustration with the "failing infrastructure".
Diminishing role for coal
THE Latrobe Valley's brown coal is projected to play no role in Australia's electricity generation by 2049-50, according to new research released by a Federal Government body.
Bail application granted
THE man charged with allegedly causing the Aberfeldy bushfire has been granted a bail application in the Latrobe Valley Magistrates' Court this morning
Facing an ‘unmet need’
A DEMONSTRATION project aimed at easing the homelessness crisis facing Gippsland's mental health patients is at capacity and pushing for continued funding.
Raising awareness
WHEN Amanda Vosper's mother tested positive for Huntington's disease, which her grandmother died from, Ms Vosper had a choice.
Support needed
HUNTINGTON'S Victoria has encouraged Gippslanders affected by Huntington's disease to seek information and support following the organisation's focus on the area in the past year.
An industry in decline
WHEN a private escort visited the room of an out-of-town construction company worker in a Traralgon hotel in 2005, he was completely oblivious to her prior whereabouts.
Call for ambo probe
THE State Government has been asked to investigate circumstances which led to an elderly Churchill man having to take his seriously ill wife to hospital late last year when an ambulance was not available.
Breaking the cycle
MONTHS ago Ray's home was a room he referred to as his "cell" in a local boarding house.
















