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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.

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

The Sale community will have access to new routes, improved coverage, more trips and Saturday services for the first time when the new Sale bus network launches early next year.

The state government will introduce reforms to improve the local government rates system, in response to a major review.

Bike riders, scooter enthusiasts and skateboarders have converged on Heyfield following the opening of the town's new pump track.

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.

An innovative advanced manufacturing facility will be built at Australian Sustainable Hardwoods, Heyfield.

Last week's revelations of elevated readings of PFAS in drinking water and waste water treatment plants in the Seaspray area have raised new concerns about the source of the chemicals in the local environment and their potential health effects.