Moe’s severed connection
MOE will miss out on the first stage rollout of high speed broadband despite Latrobe City Council's opposition.
Recession hits plantations
A recession in the local construction industry has been felt by one of the region's largest timber plantation growers, which has moved to end local positions through a restructure.
Family Violence Unit tackles issues
IN the first month of operation, the Latrobe Family Violence Unit has charged at least 20 offenders for various forms of family violence.
Cool, calm, multi-tasking mum
MOST mothers would testify it does indeed "take a village to raise a child", but for one Traralgon mother, her faith and trust in a higher power is what helped her raise her brood of eight.
‘Naughty’ indulgence
THE quiet, picturesque town of Mirboo North may seem an unlikely place to have a shop and cafe specialising in gourmet chocolates, but Dalliance Chocolaterie and Providore is flourishing.
It’s all about football for Monique
With two Victorian Australian football teams to her name, Monique Tracey is far from your average teenage girl.
Budgets crush hopes
HOPES the Latrobe Valley's exceptional circumstances in a low-carbon economy would be recognised in recent state and federal budgets have been crushed.
Low income families recognised
While low income families have been recognised in the federal budget, a push for parents to enter the workforce earlier does not bode well for Latrobe Valley, a local support agency has said.
Some students to benefit
SECONDARY and Tertiary education providers have been spared the budget axe with low-income and disadvantaged students to benefit the most from this year's federal budget.
Money for health centre
THE announcement of $6 million in the federal budget to redevelop Latrobe Community Health Service's community health centre in Moe, was welcome news in an otherwise uneventful budget for the Latrobe Valley.
Pilot vehicle driver injured
A WOMAN was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne with serious chest and abdominal injuries after the vehicle she was in was hit by a van along the Princes Freeway near Hernes Oak on Monday afternoon.
Gld Water downplays tax liability
The local water authority has quickly moved to deny its liability to pay a carbon tax, after it was included on the Federal Government's 'Top 500' polluters list last week.
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Machete ban sweeps Victoria
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THE state government has used extraordinary powers to totally ban the sale of machetes.
Machete sale bans came into effect Wednesday, May 28.
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