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Duplication progresses

State Public Transport and Roads Minister Terry Mulder has pledged the remainder of the Princes Highway duplication between Traralgon and Sale will begin "sooner rather than later".

Baby food export boost

A Traralgon-based business has landed a major Malaysian supply deal, which will see its baby food products distributed to 350 retail outlets.

‘Scurrilous accusations’ slammed

AS Latrobe Regional Hospital faces fresh claims of understaffing its pharmacy, hospital management has slammed the "scurrilous accusations", insisting the staffing levels have increased.

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.

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...

No authority to help

A last-ditch community bid to prevent 16 units from being constructed in the bowl of a Traralgon court has failed, with the State Government revealing it will not intervene.

Funding injection to expand facility

Traralgon steel manufacturer Steeline Gippsland has "exciting times ahead" due to the State Government supporting the company with a funding boost for large scale expansion.

Downpour tests region

The Latrobe Valley's first big downpour of the year had Traralgon residents evacuated from their homes, new infrastructure tested and a man winched to safety.

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