Attempted shop break-in
Police are investigating an attempted break-in at the Wellington Bargain Centre in Sale early Thursday morning after two intruders smashed the store's front entrance with a sledge hammer.
Poached reptiles intercepted in Sale
As part of an ongoing investigation, the Conservation Regulator found 17 reptiles and amphibians in a car in Sale heading to New South Wales last week.
Stratford’s old rail bridge will stay
With work on the new Avon River Bridge in Stratford complete, the focus is on restoration of the old bridge which served the Gippsland region for more than 130 years.
Money is ‘unlocked’ for highway works
The federal government says it has "unlocked" $11.68 million in funding to help deliver improvements along the Princes Highway in Sale.
Vandals trash native garden area in Sale
Vandals who left piles of rubbish strewn around a native garden behind Lake Guyatt have been labelled reckless and idiotic.
Gippsland ‘ideally suited’ as one of Victoria’s renewable energy zones
Gippsland has been listed as one of the state's six renewable energy zones, under the Victorian government's $540 million REZ Development Plan.
Three people charged over fatal Morwell assault
Three people have been charged following a fatal assault in Morwell on Saturday morning.
Tourism body funding reduced
Wellington Shire Council will reduce the amount of money contributed to Central Gippsland Tourism.
Bureau says La Nina influence should persist into autumn
Some parts of Wellington Shire certainly had a wetter 2020 than others.
It’s bin a popular initiative
Kangaroo sightings in Loch Sport are not a new thing, but some new hoppers around town are grabbing motorists' attention.
Finally, rollout begins
Following the arrival of the Pfizer vaccine in Australia, 80,000 doses were expected to be released across the country on Monday.
Gippsland Times escapes Facebook’s cull
The Facebook pages of most Gippsland news outlets are not operating, following the move by social media giant Facebook to ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content.

















