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Forestry practices review changes kept under wraps

THE refusal of state Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio to release the promised changes to Victoria's code of forestry practice is threatening the survival of...

RAAF airmen are now aviators

THE Royal Australian Air Force has replaced the term 'airmen' with 'aviators' as it enters its second century.Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Mel...

New chief executive is announced for CGH

MARK Dykgraaf has been appointed to be the next chief executive of Central Gippsland Health.With the endorsement of the state Department of Health, the...

Drivers of two vehicles lucky to escape injury

BOTH drivers involved in an accident at the notorious Stratford-Maffra Rd intersection at 1pm on Thursday were lucky to escape unscathed.The incident occurred when...

Council, uni and TAFE working to improve local tertiary education

WELLINGTON Shire Council will enter into a memorandum of understanding with Federation University and TAFE Gippsland.The three organisations will form a working relationship to...

Vale Cr Malcolm Hole

WELLINGTON Shire and the Heyfield community has lost one of its most tenacious advocates, after councillor Malcolm Hole succumbed to illness on Saturday morning...

Search for Sale lotto winner

IT could be a weekend full of celebrations for a Sale player who scored division one in Wednesday Lotto, but first, they need to...

Morwell Bendigo Bank branch to close

Morwell is losing yet another banking outlet as Bendigo Bank has announced it is closing its Tarwin Street branch on May 14.Morwell Bendigo customers...

Rivalries finally renewed

AFTER Wonthaggi defeated Drouin to begin the Gippsland League football season on Saturday, the rest of the opening round will be played this weekend.The...

Saturday night fever

SALE United will host Traralgon Olympians on Saturday night at the Latrobe Valley Soccer League season resumes after the Easter break.The Swans will be...

Easter feast of tennis

A RECORD crowd attended Maffra Lawn Tennis Club's 94th Easter Tournament over the weekend, with 300 entrants making it the largest tournament in recent...

Close calls for locals

TWO horses trained at Sale came close to claiming victory at Greenwattle Racecourse on Wednesday.Achaeus, trained by Susie Wells, led most of race five,...

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Cobber Challange calling on dogs across Gippsland

Dog food company Cobber is calling on Australia’s toughest, stock-chasing, hard-running working dogs to battle it out for the title of the hardest working...