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Union says schools will be worse off

The federal government has claimed the Australian Education Union is relying on old Gillard government figures that no longer apply to suggest that Gippsland schools will be worse off under new funding arrangements.

Rusty shovel day raises $5000

Golfers who thought they'd have a better chance of connecting with the ball using a larger clubface were pleasantly surprised on Friday.

Top hospital award for CGHS

Central Gippsland Health Service has been named the Most Outstanding Regional Hospital in Australia at the inaugural Patients Awards in Melbourne.

Happy birthday to ewe

Gippsland Regional Livestock Exchange has celebrated its one-year anniversary since the completion of its $3.3 million refurbishment.

Foreshore plans for Loch Sport

Residents and visitors to Loch Sport will see the foreshore area redeveloped through a $275,000 project delivered by Wellington Shire Council.

Drink drivers, drugged driver nabbed

A visit from the metropolitan booze and drug bus resulted in police nabbing one alleged drug affected driver and two drink drivers, between Thursday and Sunday around the Sale area.

Report concludes more timber will be lost

Bushfires and more discoveries of Leadbeater's possum are likely to cut native forest wood supply to Gippsland timber mills by another 25 to 35 per cent over the next 20 years, according to a major report.

A time capsule in a Bonox jar

Ties to the past come in many forms the lolly counter at the local milk bar, a worn Fitzroy Football Club jumper or a beaten up Holden Sandman are all reminiscent of simpler days.

Heyfield team finds possums

Heyfield isn't taking VicForests' reduced timber supply announcement lying down.

Final call for Eustace

The "voice of racing" in Gippsland, Peter Eustace, has retired after 51 years.

Car club vandalism is ‘disheartening’

Maffra and District Car Club volunteers have described recent vandalism at the club and the damage of several of their junior development program vehicles as "disheartening".

Man found after three days lost in bush

A man lost for three nights in the High Country was found safe and well at the weekend.

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Suspicious blaze at old Sale police station

Emergency services contained a major fire last Friday evening at the abandoned former Sale police station on York St, near Lake Guthridge, with a...