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Maffra Show is all set to go

The Maffra Show is all set to go Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with carnival rides on Friday night — a first for the show.

Artworks brighten up Sale train station

Airly Primary School students have added to Sale railway station’s impressive overhaul, contributing two canvas artworks on display as commuters walk to the platform.

Sports complex nod

Redevelopment of the Cameron Sporting Complex in Maffra will go ahead, after $3 million was secured from the state government.

Vandal attacks on fire towers

Vandalism attacks on local fire towers have disgusted Hancock Victorian Plantation employees.

More support for farmers

The state government has announced another package to support farmers in drought-affected communities of eastern Gippsland.

Reaction is mixed to immigration proposal

The federal government’s plan to force new migrants to move to country towns instead of settling in the major cities is creating debate.

Hopes for complex cash

State government funding for major upgrades at the Cameron Sporting Complex in Maffra has been tipped.

Carnivale a great success

Blue skies greeted crowds at Sale’s St Mary’s Primary School Twilight Carnivale on Friday.

Another independent running in Gippsland East

ELECTION 2018 | Benjamin Garrett from Stratford is the third independent candidate to put their hand up to contest the seat of Gippsland East in the November 24 state election.

Gippsland communities vulnerable to earthquakes

Communities in Gippsland are among those more likely to experience earthquake ground shaking than other parts of the country, according to latest update to the National Seismic Hazard Assessment for Australia.

Foreshore revamp officially open

The Loch Sport community has celebrated the official opening of its redeveloped foreshore.

Lib-Nats make promises on local roads, bridges

ELECTION 2018 | Twenty-six kilometres of road surfaces across Wellington Shire will be sealed through the Country Roads and Bridges Program, if the Liberal Nationals win next month’s state election.

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