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Briagolong water restrictions lifted

Gippsland Water will lift stage two water restrictions for Briagolong customers from Tuesday.

Turf club faces court over a drunk patron

The Sale Turf Club has been ordered to donate $800 to charity for allowing a drunken patron onto its premises.

Fight against mine-fill plan

Latrobe River irrigators who want to transform Gippsland into an "agricultural powerhouse" have formed a committee to oppose the state government's plans to fill Latrobe Valley coal mines with water.

Lucky escape for drivers

Police are investigating an accident on the Longford-Loch Sport Rd on Friday, which caused a B-double truck to crash through wire barriers and roll on to its side.

Sale indoor pool reopens

The indoor 25 metre pool at Aqua Energy, Sale, reopened on Monday following the removal of asbestos.

Good rains a promising start

Welcome showers have certainly given Wellington Shire a soggy start to 2020, with recent summer deluges gifting Sale more than a third of its total 2019 rainfall in the first two months of the year.

Nats want state to fund its share of MID upgrade

Federal and state MPs have called on the state next month government to announce its share of the funding needed to complete phase two of the Macalister Irrigation District modernisation project.

Wind farm hearing will be ‘complex’

The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal will hear objections to Synergy Wind's proposed Alberton Wind Farm, during the first two weeks of October.

Forest contractors plead their case in Canberra

Forestry contractors from Gippsland and New South Wales have taken their fight to protect their industry and jobs to Canberra.

Heyfield home is destroyed

A fire gutted a home in Heyfield on Tuesday night.

Gippsland fire threat has waned, but vigilance is still being urged

After 91 days of bushfire activity, fires that affected communities and areas around Wulgumerang, Gelantipy, W Tree, Buchan, Wairewa, Bruthen, Sarsfield, and the Tambo Valley have been declared contained.

Thieves steal from CFA

Thieves stole items from the CFA education trailer parked at the Sale Fire Station.

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