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Funding to strengthen Latrobe

LATROBE Regional Hospital has secured $700,000 through a State Government grant for a new purpose-built home for its ambulatory sub-acute services.

Blowout ‘inevitable’

A BLOWOUT in Latrobe Regional Hospital's elective surgery waiting lists over coming months is inevitable in the face of a $2.2 million revenue cut from the Federal Government.

All hands on deck

LAUNDROMATS and beauty spas topped the most desirable stop-over destinations for more than 4000 pedlars who rolled into Traralgon for the Great Victorian Bike Ride on Tuesday.

Labor defends TAFE plan

LABOR'S plan to invest heavily in TAFE, should it come into government, was reiterated by Opposition Member for Eastern Victoria Matt Viney as part of the party's Plan for Jobs and Growth released last week.

Northe strikes back

STATE Member for Morwell Russell Northe has hit back at Opposition claims he is failing the Latrobe Valley on health funding.

Police hunt Salvos swindler

A FORMER Latrobe Valley conman who has been missing for three years is wanted by police after he allegedly stole a blank cheque book at the Traralgon Salvation Army after the 2009 bushfires.

More carriages headed this way

THE State Government's confirmation it has contracted the construction and roll out of 40 new V/Line carriages will have guaranteed benefits for Latrobe Valley commuters, regardless of how few trains are dedicated to the Gippsland line, a V/Line spokesperson has assured.

A confronting profession

WHEN a Queen Victoria Market green grocer tasked his son with shaking out and folding vegetable sacks decades ago, he had inadvertently delivered his child a belated death sentence.

Lucky escape for driver

AN out-of-control driver and staff at Trafalgar's Alto Motors along the Princes Highway were "lucky" to escape unscathed after a station wagon crashed through its fencing and took out two new tractors and other equipment on Monday morning.

Development ‘injustice’ resolved

A COSTLY appeal to Victoria's administrative tribunal has resolved a Latrobe City permit fight in favour of the developers.

Get ready to listen

THE personal stories of three Latrobe Valley families tragically affected by asbestos related disease have been published online by a national asbestos support group, in an effort to increase awareness of the "horrendous" diseases.

Wet welcome

BORONIA'S Werner Amrein is a cyclist accustomed to the cold.

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