Missing pet
LOCAL snake catcher Jeff Mathieson has called on Traralgon python enthusiasts to check their tanks, because somebody somewhere, is missing a house pet.
Funding falls short
ONE of Latrobe Valley's largest rehabilitative support services is being forced to turn away family violence offenders, as a spike in assault charges continues to burden the system.
Generators scale back
GREENHOUSE gas emissions from Latrobe Valley's brown coal fired generators have fallen about 13 per cent, indicating a significant scale back in power generation over the past year.
TAFE enrolments rise marginally
DESPITE the headwinds of the last few months with funding cuts, Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE has seen preliminary enrolment numbers increase about three per cent from the same time last year.
Alliance augurs well for GippsTAFE
THE proposed alliance between the University of Ballarat and Monash University Gippsland will augur well for Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE, which has existing partnerships with both institutions.
China trip chopped
A DECISION to abandon a trip to China to celebrate more than 10 years of the region's sister city relationship has divided Latrobe City Council.
Moe project snapshot
Moe project snapshot
Briquette factory back online
ONE of the longest supply shortages in the history of Morwell's EnergyBrix briquette factory's production life has come to an end.
Industrial action cuts power
ONGOING industrial action at Loy Yang B coal-fired power station has seen generation cut by 20 per cent across its two units everyday.
Caught off-guard
WHEN security guards at Yallourn power station approached an unfamiliar visitor taking site photos early this month, they were performing a routine part of their job.
Safety concerns
YALLOURN power station's outoing security personnel have flagged concerns for the site's ability to respond to major emergency incidents.
Monash merger proposal
STAFF and students of Monash University's Gippsland campus are this week trying
to make sense of the institution's shock announcement it would move to form an
alliance with the University of Ballarat.
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Preparation is key: Erica brigade
By KATRINA BRANDON
RECENT bushfires have highlighted the importance of planning ahead.
While there are no localised fires in the Latrobe Valley region, authorities warn that...
