Changes to access
ACCESS to some of Latrobe Regional Hospital's main areas and departments will be hampered over coming months as multi-million dollar upgrades are underway.
Sick left waiting
A SERIOUSLY ill elderly Churchill woman last month endured a long wait for an ambulance before her husband, who has a disability, was advised there were none available, prompting him to label the response "ridiculous".
Extra funds to tackle family violence
NEWS of almost $1 million in extra funds to tackle family violence across Gippsland has been welcomed by one of the region's leading agencies in the field.
Aviation facility takes flight
Latrobe Valley aircraft manufacturer GippsAero has reached another milestone in its ongoing expansion, with the formal opening of its new GA-18 prototype development facility last Thursday.
Welcome expansion
A GROWING local demand for cancer services is expected to be met through a major redevelopment at Latrobe Regional Hospital with contractors just appointed to oversee construction of its expanded cancer care centre.
A gateway to skills
THERE is more than one path to continued study, as determined Moe student and mother Rebecca Barry can attest, but a newly launched "gateway" website aims to ease the path, however one chooses to pursue it.
‘Healthy’ enrolments
There is an air of cautious optimism about Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE campuses this week, after the institute attracted a 'healthy' round of initial enrolments, quelling long-held fears increased course fees could cause further staff redundancies.
Loss for indigenous community
Morwell's ill-fated Woolum Bellum college became the scene of emotional farewells on Tuesday, as the school community united in the week of the school's closure.
Emotions run high
THE fiery exchange of words and heightened emotions at Monday's Latrobe City council meeting was the result of a decade's worth of frustration, according to Committee for Moe president Manny Gelagotis.
Schools still struggling
Latrobe Valley high schools are still struggling to adjust to $12 million in annual funding cuts to the state's Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning program, more than 12 months after the State Government's announcement of the drawback.
Fiery council meeting
TWO Latrobe City West Ward councillors were delivered an impassioned warning "never to shop in Moe again" at Monday night's explosive final council meeting for the year.
Waterloo Road pothole set for repairs
A car accident on Waterloo Road, near Moe, caused by a "very large pothole" last week has prompted planned repairs to the "dangerous" road to be brought forward.
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