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Farmers and industry representatives at last Tuesday’s Farming for Success conference in Sale heard how in times of crisis, some Gippsland farmers achieve success by thinking outside the square on value adding, innovation, emerging markets, and “growth agriculture”.

Police are on the look-out for a restored HK ute that was stolen from a property in Munro last weekend.

Eleven Wellington Shire property owners were each fined an average of $1600 and more than $500 in costs for failing to clear their blocks.

Sale Memorial Hall will be refurbished and modernised to help attract major events and increase usage of the facility, with Wellington Shire Council receiving a $486,538 grant under the Latrobe Valley Authority’s Community Facility Fund.

A subsidiary of ExxonMobil has begun an offshore exploration drilling program in the Gippsland Basin to search for new sources of gas.

A driver who pleaded not guilty after being caught speeding in Rosedale last year failed to have his fine quashed, after the court found that he did not raise “reasonable doubt” about his guilt.

Immediate cash injections, alternative feed sources and cutting red tape on pest control and welfare assistance were some of the main concerns of Gippsland’s drought-affected families, state Agricultural Minister Jaala Pulford heard when she spoke to farmers at Bengworden on Tuesday.

Farmers have been given “conflicting” information and advice regarding PFAS, according to Erin Brokovich.

In its 60th year, the Gippsland and District International Winter Dog Show, held in Maffra, brought sunshine and hundreds of dogs of all shapes and sizes.

Politicians from both major parties have been urged to give pre-election commitments to funding upgrades for the Maffra and District Hospital.

Locals are pitching in for drought relief.

People of all abilities have had the chance to try wheelchair basketball in Sale.