Fuel loads spark concern
AS community concerns about roadside fuel loads flare up again while parts of Australia battle bushfires, local authorities reiterate they are fulfilling their responsibilities of maintaining roadside conditions.
Extreme weather ahead
A Total Fire Ban has been declared statewide, with temperatures expected to hit 36 degrees Celsius in the Latrobe Valley on Friday.
Yoghurt spill closes freeway
UPDATE: East-bound lanes on the Princes Freeway at Moe have reopened, after authorities cleared a major yoghurt spill following a truck accident last night.
Supporting Tassie firies
TWO Traralgon-based Department of Sustainability and Environment staff are among a team of nine Gippslanders who were deployed to Tasmania on Sunday for a five-day tour of duty to support Tasmanian firefighters.
Moe stoush escalates
MOE residents angered by a proposal to undertake a full review of the Moe Railway Revitalisation Project - Moe Activity Centre Plan have warned they will take their fight for the project to Canberra.
Paying it forward
WHEN a Yinnar resident read that all the tools used in a furniture restoration program at Gippsland Employment Skills and Training Moe were stolen before Christmas, he wanted to help.
Salon outraged over bans
LATROBE Valley's only salon with tanning beds has voiced its outrage at the State Government's decision to ban commercial solarium use at the end of 2014.
Competitor buys stores
THE severity of financial woes faced by the Dahlsens hardware store chain have become clearer this week, after a Tuesday announcement two Gippsland branches had been brought out by competitor Bunnings.
One day at a time
A MARRIED couple in their 60s have committed to run a marathon every day during 2013, fuelled only by raw food.
An unexpected journey
WHILE the film adaptation of The Hobbit continues to draw mixed reactions in theatres across the country, there have been few left un-dazzled by the film's special effects achievements.
On track to success
THE committee for a recently reopened walking trail which traverses parts of the Latrobe Valley recently received a national award.
Funds boost for adult learning
THREE local adult learning organisations have welcomed a much-needed funds boost of $115,000 in total from the State Government to carry out their programs.
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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...
