Rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the happy families who turned out for the Gippsland Snowfest celebrations in the Warragul CBD last Friday night. With the snow making machines in full production, the kids enjoyed all the seasonal highlights: a…

Darnum residents now have convenient access to an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) thanks to a grant from the Trafalgar branch of the Bendigo Community Bank. The Darnum Progress association was instrumental in facilitating the grant and last Tuesday with the…

Preparation of concepts and designs for further redevelopment of the Warragul Civic Precinct at an estimated cost of almost $7 million have been given the green light. A broad scope of what a master plan for the precinct could include…

Few 11 year-olds would think too much about the difficulties homeless people face. But grade five Trafalgar primary school student Ethan Hornsby does. And his thoughts are not just whether they have a roof over their heads but also if…

Ringtones filled the air in Walhalla for the first time on Tuesday as Member for Monash Russell Broadbent, Baw Baw Shire mayor Mikaela Power, Baw Baw Shire Councillors, Telstra executive and the community gathered to celebrate the town finally having…

The trashing of a patch of bushland in Buln Buln East last week has led to renewed calls for the site to be handed over to the local community for a park and recreation area. The Buln Buln East Community…

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas offered a morsel of optimism about action on the West Gippsland Hospital during a Q&A session with Committee for Gippsland members in Warragul on Friday. While there has been limited funding for the hospital in recent…

Latrobe Community Health Service has called on the Ellinbank Football and Netball Club to abandon plans to operate 52 poker machines at Newmason Restaurant in Warragul. “We’re not naïve to the financial pressures sports clubs face, and we understand Ellinbank’s…