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Caught 63kmh over

Police intercepted a 64-year-old man allegedly driving at 163 kilometres per hour in a 100kmh zone on the South Gippsland Highway near Darriman last Thursday.

ATM skimming in Paynesville

Police are investigating a series of ATM skimming incidents in Paynesville last month.

Questions continue over PFAS

Concerns remain within the Wellington Shire community regarding the dangers posed to human health by PFAS chemicals, despite no new announcements of detections of contamination.

Solar farm charges ahead

Wellington Shire Council has approved a planning permit for a $40 million solar farm in Maffra.

Elderly man attacked in daylight

A 75-year-old man was assaulted in broad daylight in Sale.

Decentralisation could ease pressure in cities

Decentralisation of Commonwealth and corporate entities could help ease pressures of population growth, congestion and high cost of living expenses in Australian cities, a newly-released report has found.

Open for business

Sale and District Specialist School was officially opened last Thursday, with a community celebration honouring the project’s hundreds of contributors.

A year on the protest line

The need to change industrial relations laws was a focus for speakers at a rally on Thursday, marking a year on the protest line at Longford, in what has become one of Australia’s longest-running disputes.

Renters stuck in ‘poverty trap’

The homelessness crisis in Gippsland is worsening, as rental vacancies plummet and public housing waiting lists soar.

Farmers shouldering rate rise claims are ‘misleading’

Claims that farmers in the Wellington Shire face a rate rise of more than four per cent, despite residential rates remaining within the state government-set 2.25 per cent Fair Go rates cap, are misleading, according to a council spokesperson.

Border force personnel in Sale

Uniformed Australian Border Force personnel in unmarked cars made a surprise visit to a Sale nail business on Wednesday in what was believed to be a visa-related check.

Puppies recovered

Five puppies allegedly stolen from the Banksia Park Puppies farm, Stradbroke, last week have been found in suburban Melbourne.

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