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.
Cautious response to report
A REPORT predicting brown coal's role in Australia's electricity generation and consumption will be wiped out within decades, has been cautiously received locally.
Pulling the pool plug?
A Latrobe City councillor's push to stop all work on the Gld Aquatic Centre proposal pending another "full review" of the project, despite its widespread regional endorsement, has left T'gon community members feeling "devastated" and "blindsided".
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.
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
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.
Bronto called into action
AFTER several months lying dormant at the Traralgon Country Fire Authority station, the 'Bronto' aerial platform finally swung into action on Tuesday evening.
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A decade on: Year of the dogs, part one
FOOTBALL
MID GIPPSLAND
By LIAM DURKIN
YOU have to lose one to win one.
Sometimes, you even have to lose three.
Newborough Football-Netball Club put the demons of three...
