Retailers appeal to people to shop locally this Christmas. Leads today's The Great Southern Star

Proposed 56 apartment complex and retail precinct for Inverloch. Leads today's The Great Southern Star

Coastal real estate in demand in South Gippsland. Read more in today's The Great Southern Star

Royal Australian Navy to take evacuees from Mallacoota to Westernport Bay, not Port Welshpool. The Great Southern Star bit.ly/2ZMLr7i

Gripping front page of this week's The Great Southern Star acknowledging South Gippsland's response to the East Gippsland bushfires. #vicfires #eastgippsland

Wonthaggi man Bill Slade killed by a falling tree while fighting bushfire at Omeo #vicfires The Great Southern Star thestar.com.au/blog/wonthaggi…

Full pictorial of Bass Coast Summer Agricultural Show at Wonthaggi now online at thestar.com.au/blog/show-cele…

Anna Hopkins of Toora is South Gippsland Shire's citizen of the year. Mirboo North Italian Festa won event of the year, while young citizen of the year was shared by Hayley Young of Stony Creek, Shianne Frost of Meeniyan/Stony Creek and Ysabella Graham of Korumburra. The Great Southern Star

Congratulations to Don Turner from San Remo and Sophie Bolding of Wonthaggi North, Bass Coast citizen and young citizen of the year. Bass Coast Shire The Great Southern Star

Congratulations to South Gippslanders who received Australia Day Honours this year. Leads today's The Great Southern Star

Wonthaggi Secondary College's new $32.7m senior campus opens. Leads today's The Great Southern Star

South Gippsland Shire Council reveals new CEO, Kerryn Ellis. thestar.com.au/blog/south-gip…

New Miss Fisher film to premiere in Leongatha. Leads today's The Great Southern Star

Leongatha community unites behind the family of the late Jarrod Davies. thestar.com.au/blog/family-pa… The Great Southern Star

Events cancelled as coronavirus anxiety takes hold in South Gippsland. The Great Southern Star

Mirboo North - a gem of a town! Put this one in your top draw folks for a visit when COVID restrictions are eased. Too good to miss. Visit Gippsland #lovegippsland

Three more respiratory clinics open today in Sale, Wonthaggi and Foster as part of six federally funded clinics being set up across Gippsland. Find out more ow.ly/2iZ050zvum8

Bass Coast Health staff are taking part in mock exercises to test procedures and ensure best care is provided to potential COVID-19 patients. #basscoasthealth #covid19

Bass Coast Health is expanding the range of cancer treatments it is offering the community. The availability of chemotherapy at #Wonthaggi Hospital is saving patients and their loved ones the stress, fatigue, time and cost of having to travel for treatment. #basscoasthealth

It's been a joy reporting about the people, events and history of South Gippsland and Bass Coast for many years, but that has come to end. facebook.com/bradlester.jou… #southgippsland #newspapers