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Reception stalemate

Frustrations are mounting in the Boolarra community, where reports of "hopeless" television reception more than 18 months after the switchover from analogue to digital transmission continues.

Quick response limits damage

A major fire which could have crippled Australian Paper's Maryvale mill operations was averted on Monday, after a fire broke out on a woodchip conveyor. 

Drive to get an education

DISTANCE is no barrier for dedicated students Jason Giacobbe and Quentin Montazeau who drive more than six hours two days a week in pursuit of fulfilling an engineering dream. 

Industrial site snapped up

A Morwell waste management operation is set to expand its operations base, after finalising its purchase of the former McCormack Demby Timber mill site. 

Cautious optimism over DHS restructure

THE recent Department of Human Services overhaul has been met with caution by a local tenant advocate.

Election race begins

TWENTY-two candidates have nominated for Latrobe City Council's four wards for the 26 October postal election. 

Planning ‘hurry on’

With more than 800 hectares of rezoned land in development stalemate, State Planning Minster Mathew Guy has vowed to address the region’s residential land shortage. 

Rebuilding continues for communities

MORE than three years after the devastating bushfires that destroyed homes and took lives, 25 households in the Latrobe City area are still in temporary housing, while the status of 31 households is still being determined.

Trees to be cut

TREES surrounding Traralgon Tennis Complex may soon be gone, after an arborist declared the trees posed a safety risk to court users and were causing damage to the courts' surface. 

Major outage underway

All hands are on deck at Loy Yang power station as a seven-week power generation unit maintenance outage reaches its half-way point. 

Apprentices back in employment

MORE than three years after the devastating bushfires that destroyed homes and took lives, 25 households in the Latrobe City area are still in temporary housing, while the status of 31 households is still being determined. 

‘Road blocks’ on land lots

A MULTI-million dollar housing development proposal is on the verge of collapsing after another hurdle has left developer Brett Neilson thinking "it's too hard" to continue. 

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