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A LONG standing debate over the future of Traralgon's former Early Learning Centre has sparked fury among residents after the Latrobe City Council voted in favour of selling the site.

AGL Energy Limited's campaign to acquire 100 per cent ownership of Loy Yang Power has been stalled by the competition watchdog, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

CALLING the Grand Strzelecki Track anything short of "grand" would be an understatement.

THE Grand Strzelecki Track was born out of the efforts of two communities, namely the Balook and district communities surrounded by the Tarra Bulga National Parks in the east, and the Jeeralang communities surrounding the Morwell National Park and Billys Creek Valley in the west, to establish a walking track through the ranges.

REDUCED rates for retirement villages in the region are being investigated by Latrobe City Council.

A proposed waste paper recycling plant to be built at the Maryvale mill would have "big implications" for the Latrobe Valley, according to Australian Paper.

A Morwell industrial maintenance company is moving to employ extra staff during an industry wide downturn, after tapping into the tight Western Australian market.

LATROBE Regional Hospital has sought to reassure the local community its perinatal outcomes are overwhelmingly good - and improving - despite alarming current statistics.

A 51 year-old was convicted and sentenced to three months' jail on a 12-month suspended sentence after a magistrate found him guilty of two counts of dangerous driving.

THE turning of the sod at Latrobe Regional Airport has been marked as "a huge step for the aviation industry" in the region.

MOVES by SP AusNet to outsource its Eastern Region primary maintenance services have left up to 18 full-time employees at the Hazelwood Terminal Station in limbo.

The stark employment challenges faced by the Latrobe Valley were realised by a government department head recently, as she walked down Hotham Street, Traralgon.