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Water scams

Gippsland Water customers have been reminded to check identification following incidences of "bogus" operators claiming to represent the authority.

Campaign protests dental scheme axing

ONE of the country's leading oral health experts has called on the Latrobe Valley community to protest the imminent axing of a Medicare-funded dental scheme.

Statewide weapons amnesty begins

THE first firearms and weapons amnesty in more than two years has commenced, with a local police member urging members of the public with unregistered or prohibited weapons to hand them in without fears of prosecution.

CGCA washed out

Rain ruined the first day of the Energy Australia Yallourn Cup in Central Gippsland cricket with all matches washed out after only a few overs.

Investors keen for coal

CHINESE investors will be keen to access the Latrobe Valley's brown coal reserves when the State Government opens tenders for new coal allocations, possibly by the end of the year.

Police News

Conman arrested

Decision to come on mine discharge

Decision to come on mine discharge

‘Hard road’ to travel

Moe singer-songwriter Darcy Fox is heading to Elmore today to compete in a heat of the Telstra Road to Discovery.

A cycle of safety

CYCLISTS, beware - as part of the 29th annual Safe Cycle month, an annual campaign by Victoria Police, you may be pulled over for doing the wrong thing, or even for doing it right.

Water costs to slow down

RAPIDLY rising water costs in Gippsland are set to slow down according to Gippsland Water's final 'Water Plan 3' proposal which was released yesterday.

Latrobe’s ‘unacceptable’ road toll

EIGHT deaths on Latrobe Valley roads are behind a local police decision to increase their road patrol presence by 50 per cent during the summer period.

Ward concerns – council elections 2012

CONFUSION over the ward restructure, which comes into effect for the next four years following the Latrobe City Council October elections, was aired at a public candidate meeting in Traralgon

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Morwell magnesium on hold, jobs denied

By PHILIP HOPKINS LATROBE MAGNESIUM has put on hold its plan to develop a magnesium smelter in Morwell but instead will build a huge smelter...