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Faced with impending job losses in the Latrobe Valley, and the continuing threat to hundreds of jobs at Heyfield and Maffra, the Victorian government is trying to attract skilled jobs and investment to Sale.

Erratic freeway driving

Police have appealed to the public for assistance following an incident on the Princes Freeway which stretched from Morwell to Berwick on Saturday afternoon.

P1 driver hits high speed

A P1 driver has had his vehicle impounded on Saturday morning after being caught travelling at more than 70kph over the speed limit in Traralgon.

Vandals trash caravans in Glenmaggie park

A senseless act of vandalism has rocked caravan owners at Lake Glenmaggie, after as many as 16 caravans in Park 2 were broken into last week and trashed.

Minister visits Heyfield mill

Australian Sustainable Hardwoods management and more than 200 mill workers were none the wiser about their futures after a visit to Heyfield by Agriculture and Regional Development Minister Jaala Pulford on Thursday.

Not guilty plea on hit-run

The accused in an alleged hit-and-run last year pleaded not guilty at a contested committal hearing at the Sale Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Youth justice centre at Fulham?

Gippsland South MLA Danny O'Brien has called on the state government to consider locating a new youth justice facility next to the existing Fulham Correctional Centre near Sale.

Save our town

Students from Heyfield's two primary schools turned out to the Victorian Timber Workers' Memorial in Lions Club Park Reserve morning to show their support for a crowd funding campaign.

Calls repeated for Great Forest National Park

Calls on the state government to create the Great Forest National Park, stretching from Toolangi in the north west to Erica and Rawson in the south east have been repeated by the Wilderness Society this week.

Prison sentence for fatal head-on

A former Bairnsdale man has been sentenced to two and a half years gaol for a crash which killed Sale policewoman Kate McLeod.

AFL stars back Heyfield mill

AFL premiership players Leigh Brown and David Wojcinski have thrown their support behind the fight to save Australian Sustainable Hardwoods in Heyfield.

MG to cut costs

Potential Murray Goulburn plant closures across the state have caused Gippsland MPs to seek an urgent meeting with MG's new chief executive Ari Mervis.

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