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Winds challenge kayakers

The roughest conditions yet faced the 50 kayakers in this year's Sale to Sea Disability Kayak Challenge.

March on city

Thousands of people and more than 90 log trucks took to the streets of Melbourne on Tuesday, representing those who will be affected by Heyfield's Australian Sustainable Hardwoods' mill closure.

Heyfield’s future buried in process

ASH Green Mill supervisor Anthony Wilkes sat in the public gallery of the Legislative Assembly, among Hazelwood workers also facing unemployment.

Statistics point to increased crime

Crime statistics released last week indicate a 7.8 per cent increase in recorded offences across the Wellington Shire in 2016, which local police are attributing to assaults, burglaries and theft from motor vehicles.

Councillors meet Nationals leader

Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh MLA was in Gippsland last week, meeting with community leaders and discussing regional development.

Magnificent Mardi Gras

Hundreds lined Johnson St for the Maffra Mardi Gras on Saturday evening.

Mother and child memorial

A memorial has been unveiled in Sale, commemorating the National and Victorian Parliamentary Apologies to mothers, who, due to 'forced adoption' practices, were separated from their babies at birth, causing a lifelong legacy of pain and suffering.

Timber offer an insult

ASH chief executive said the proposed supply offer received from government on Tuesday was only for three years, and provided no tenure for the mill's long-term future.

ASH crisis – opinion

The ASH workers did not deserve the past eight weeks of anxiety.

Gutted

The state government has rejected a counteroffer from Australian Sustainable Hardwoods management to keep the mill viable in the short-term.

Challenge sets off

The fifth Sale to Sea Disability Kayak Challenge began on Wednesday morning, with more than 50 kayaks setting off on the 120 kilometre journey to Lakes Entrance.

School funds and builds its sports pitch

The new sports field at Guthridge Primary School was the result of 12 months’ hard work.

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