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Support for disability services

INTERCHANGE Central Gippsland has been selected to deliver an innovative respite support school holiday program.

Showcasing industry

AN ambitious program aimed at convincing members of parliament to do 'work experience' in the manufacturing and farming sectors will be launched in the Latrobe Valley soon.

Slow down outside LRH, drivers told

LATROBE Highway Patrol have appealed for drivers along the Princes Highway outside Latrobe Regional Hospital to slow down in light of the ongoing roadworks and wet weather conditions.

Redeployment plan dissolves

A union proposal to redeploy workers potentially being cut from Energy Brix has collapsed, according to sources.

Closure plans queried

CLAIMS that the Federal Government's plan to close brown coal power stations may not eventuate gained more traction this week.

Sokaluk sentence appeal

THE Director of Public Prosecutions' appeal to Churchill's Black Saturday arsonist Brendan Sokaluk's sentence has "reopened the wound", according to a community representative.

Feathers and fabulous memories

A SEDUCTIVE spectacle from the Finucane and Smith cabaret entourage left Latrobe Valley art lovers hypnotised on Thursday night.

Support for one in five

MENTAL health nurses, Nina Brooks and Jenny Jackson, had a dream to combine their passion for shopping to make a difference.

Gld crisis talks

MOVES to prevent Gippsland from "dying of a thousand cuts" has forced the region's key representatives to devise a plan of action.

Valley stats highlight risk categories

NEW cancer statistics for the Latrobe Valley show 884 people were diagnosed with cancer, and 360 died, from 2008 to 2010.

New rating system proposed

LATROBE City Council has announced it will investigate ways to broaden its rating system to cater for the aging population, over the next 12 months.

Debate ‘guillotined’

SCHOOLS, not families, should be in charge of any Federal Government education bonuses, according to a local member of parliament.

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