Valley residents left short
AMBULANCE Victoria has denied union claims a paramedic shortage may have contributed to the recent death of a Latrobe Valley patient.
Uncertainty lingers over site
GIPPSAERO is set to expand its overseas market but uncertainty still looms over where it will build its new aircraft.
Cuts begin to bite
POLITICAL debate over cuts to health funding, and the implications for local hospital waiting lists, intensified last week.
Enrolments are ‘vital’
CENTRAL Gippsland Institute of TAFE's uncertain future lies at the mercy of next year's student enrolments, its chief executive has admitted, amid concerns State Government cuts have sent the institute spiralling into financial disarray.
Latrobe City’s councillors
Express journalist Annabelle Beale spoke with Latrobe City’s recently elected councillors on their aims for the coming term.
Minister clarifies job cut numbers
THE State Government has predicted staff numbers at Gippsland's department of education will be reduced by about 18, despite fears expressed in past weeks that number could be higher than 60.
Thousands of non-voters to be fined
MORE than 15,000 Latrobe City residents who did not vote during the local government elections will be slugged with a $70 fine if their appeals are not approved by the Victorian Electoral Commission.
Garden of ghouls and ghosts
LATROBE Valley residents who went trick or treating for Halloween last night may have visited a Traralgon resident's creepy graveyard garden.
Racing legacy lives on
MOE trainer Peter Gelagotis' only misgiving ahead of this weekend's Victoria Derby is his late father Michael will not be there to see their galloper Hvasstan vying for a group one win.
House shortage hinders market
A "DESPERATE" housing shortage in the Traralgon real estate market has been blamed for a nine per cent increase in median house prices, frustrating real estate agents who are unable to capitalise on recent improvements in buyer activity.
Start of VCE examinations
HUNDREDS of anxious Latrobe Valley year 12 students will sit for the Victorian Certificate of Education English paper today, marking the start of the end-of-year written examinations.
It is easy to be green
THE Scammell household installed solar panels in a bid to reduce their electricity bills, but father Mark was not impressed when told his indulgences - a plasma television and beer fridge - were likely the main culprits behind the bulk of the costs.
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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...
