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Tasmanian cadets take flight in the Valley

RIGOROUS flight training in the Latrobe Valley last week gave air force cadets a taste of the action. 

GippsTAFE fears quelled

CENTRAL Gippsland Institute of TAFE will not close its Yallourn campus unless the proposed Morwell site, which would house the merged campuses, was already built and ready. 

Leading the CWA forward

MOE's Crystal Rudd grew up admiring the work her late paternal grandmother Jean carried out as the president of the Yinnar Country Women's Association, but it never occurred to her she may one day be the president of a branch too. 

Call out to local business

COMPANIES interested in operating and developing the proposed Gippsland Logistics Precinct freight terminal will soon be asked to negotiate with Latrobe City Council. 

Paramedic left gutted

WHEN Ken Curtis lay his Ambulance Victoria uniform out for the final time last week he "just wanted to sit down and cry" - this was not the way he envisaged his 42-year career ending 

CUA Morwell to merge with Traralgon

CREDIT Union Australia's Morwell branch will shut its doors from 12 October to merge with CUA's Traralgon branch. 

Redesigning Morwell

A competition which could see the Morwell central business district redesigned by the world's international architecture talents opens on Friday. 

‘Don’t just walk away’

Parents of children bullied at school have been urged to ensure they maintain open and clear communication with schools to avoid making "premature" decisions. 

The impact of suicide

THE aftermath of her 15 year-old granddaughter's suicide four years ago left Traralgon woman Joan paralysed with anxiety and swamped by feelings of inadequacy. 

Are you okay?

WITH the spotlight firmly on suicide awareness this week and anecdotal evidence suggesting the problem is "huge" in the Latrobe Valley, those at the coalface have urged the community to talk about the issue and help save lives. 

Waratah welcomes LPACC

GippsTAFE's hospitality department has welcomed the potential Latrobe Performing Arts and Convention Centre proposal despite warnings the Waratah Training Restaurant could be unsustainable with competition at the Morwell site. 

Performing arts debate nears end

Dubbed a "new dawn for the performing arts" in Gippsland by Latrobe City Mayor Ed Vermeulen, the contentious four-year battle to have an improved arts facility in the Latrobe Valley may have finally ended. 

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