Aberfeldy fire continues to burn
PLUMES of billowing smoke from the Aberfeldy fire were seen in the Latrobe Valley last week as the blaze flared up again with the warmer weather, but was brought under control over the weekend.
Teachers’ stopwork to proceed
VICTORIAN public school staff will participate in a statewide stopwork this Thursday after the State Government failed in its bid to obtain an injunction against the industrial action last week.
Boral site closes
YALLOURN North's Boral Quarries closed its doors on Friday as its owner company battles to find a buyer for the operation.
Suffering under cuts
AS the State Opposition steps up pressure on the State Government to stop any further cuts to the Latrobe Valley's education sector, a recently released Federal Government report has shown much poorer educational outcomes for Latrobe Valley..
Pet owners’ dilemma
MORWELL resident Sarah Ford is torn. An animal lover, Ms Ford's heart goes out to the feral felines which she believes lives under her neighbour's house, but she is also concerned about the safety of her own pets.
Election nominations begin
WHILE the Australian Labour Party will meet on Thursday to adopt its timeframe for pre-selecting candidates to contest the Federal seats of Gippsland and McMillan in September's election, independent Leigh Gatt has already thrown his hat in the ring.
New projects ‘imminent’
THOUGH "tenuous" Federal political circumstances have left the Latrobe Valley's power generation future in limbo, new projects for the region are "imminent".
Access wanted for growth
SUPPORT for development of a train station in the Morwell-Traralgon corridor has emerged as one of the major themes of community submissions to a Traralgon growth strategy.
Slow land changeover
LATROBE City hosted Gippsland's lowest count of rural land sales in the 2004 to 2008 period, a landmark study has found.
Just for the money
DESPITE having had "plenty of sex" in her married life, the first time Sarah did it for money was a terrifying experience.
Back to school activities affected
AS the new schooling year kicks off, public schools in the Latrobe Valley have seen some changes or disruptions to their usual welcome activities as part of teachers' industrial action.
Police on hand as Moe review moves forward
DISCONTENT continues to build among Moe residents over the shelving of a multi-million dollar revitalisation project for the town centre.
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