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Gippsland communities are invited to have a say on two state government place naming projects to encourage the use of Aboriginal words and female names as a way of "decolonising the landscape" and erasing the patriarchal stain of early settlement.

Police are investigating following a hit run collision involving an unknown young child in Morwell on Sunday.

Twelve federally-funded projects to upgrade the Princes Highway in Gippsland were announced last month, while the state government spruiks its maintenance blitz across Gippsland's roads during summer.

Police arrested a woman who allegedly evaded a COVID-19 checkpoint in east Gippsland last week.

Almost half of all Victorians living in areas at high risk of bushfire could be risking their lives by opting to 'wait and see' rather than 'leave early' on high-risk fire days, a CFA survey has revealed.

While celebrations to bring in 2021 were thrown into chaos after the rules around mask wearing and numbers gathering in homes were tightened on New Year's Eve, holidaymakers in various places across Wellington Shire still made the most of the kind summer weather and hospitality of local providers.

Gippslanders who may have had close contact with anyone infected with COVID -19 are being urged to get tested, with several sites across Gippsland now being named as exposure sites.

A dramatic arrest followed an alleged burglary in Sale on Saturday.

Consumers who embraced the 'shop local' message this Christmas have helped traders enjoy a bumper December after a year of disaster.

Gippsland Water will secure Coongulla and Glenmaggie's water supply for the future, as part of a multi-million dollar project beginning next year.

The Gippsland Lakes could lose its iconic Burrunan dolphins within decades to a fatal skin disease caused by the changing climate, a study has found.

A Sale man died at the scene of a fatal accident in Flynn on Christmas Eve.