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Sale Divisional Tasking Unit officers arrested a 37-year-old woman and seized drugs and weapons at a Sale property on Tuesday morning.

Police want to speak with witnesses to an alleged assault in Fulham early Sunday morning.

Kalbar resources is looking to procure a bank of suitably qualified staff for the yet-to-be approved Fingerboards mine project east of Stratford, despite the mine proposal currently going through the state legislated approvals process.

The drought has been at the top of the list of concerns for Wellington Shire this year, with its impacts spreading across the community.

Controversial legislation to ban commercial netting in the Gippsland Lakes passed through parliament.

A group of six Gippsland artists will take their own extinction rebellion message to Canberra next week, meeting with politicians, including Gippsland MHR Darren Chester and federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley.

As Gippsland continues to battle drought, young Munro resident Alex Nicholls has taken it upon himself to lend a hand.

Milestone birthdays often have a way of motivating people to try new things, and for Longford's Andrea Buckland, turning 50 set her on a challenge that had been 20 years in the making.

Wasting thousands of dollars a year on tip fees will hopefully be a thing of the past for the Salvation Army's Cunninghame St charity store, which is raising community awareness about donation protocols, and toughening its stance on illegal pilfering and dumping.

Just as it has done since coming to Sale in 2015, Wellington's Biggest Ever Blokes Barbecue provided hours of fun and entertainment and raised much-needed research money and awareness about prostate cancer.

The new head of Esso Australia is remaining tight-lipped about details on the company's proposed sale of its Gippsland Basin oil and gas development assets, but says its potential exit from the region presents an "exciting" opportunity for the industry, and for the Gippsland region.

The Country Fire Authority is urging people in Wellington Shire to prepare their properties for summer, as the entire state faces an earlier, longer, and in some parts more severe fire season normal.