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Southern NSW Local Health District is urging people to be alert to lesser known signs of meningococcal disease, with the peak period for the disease still more than a month away. The Director of the Public Health Unit Tracey Oakman, said meningococcal disease can occur at any time of year but...

A 55-year-old woman has been arrested on domestic violence charges following Saturday night's fire which destroyed a Batehaven unit. A 55-year-old woman has been arrested on domestic violence charges following a house fire at Batehaven on Saturday night.  One unit was destroyed and another one badly damaged in the fire. Asbestos was...

Motorists are reminded there will be a complete closure of the Princes Highway at Quaama, for repairs to Dry River Bridge between 7pm and 11pm, this Sunday evening, weather permitting.  The bridge is located 30km north of Bega.  No vehicles or pedestrians will be permitted to cross the bridge during this time...

A severe weather warning for damaging winds is in place for the far south of the Far South Coast, including Eden and Merimbula.  The BOM says vigorous west to northwesterly winds in the wake of a cold front that crossed the region early Thursday. Damaging winds, averaging 60 to 70 km/h with...

Far South Coast residents who fought against a flight school aimed at the Chinese market, to be built just south of Bega, are expressing relief as the opportunity for the proponents of the flight school to lodge an appeal closes.  Bega Valley Shire Council says in accordance with Section 8.10 of the Environmental...

Rex's deputy chairman John Sharp, says the airline has been "unequivocally vindicated". Image courtesy Rex.  The Civil Aviation and Safety Authority has assured Far South Coast residents it's safe to fly with Regional Express airlines.  CASA recently conducted a two day audit at the maintenance headquarters for Rex at Wagga and spokesman...

A Cooma aged-care employee is to face court next month following the alleged abuse of an elderly man on the weekend.  Image courtesy Snowy Monaro Shire Council. Police say a woman has been charged following an investigation into the alleged abuse of an elderly man at Cooma on the weekend. An 89-year-old...

Kathryn Maxwell (right) receives her Community Hero award from Jan Swinhoe, Chair IMB Bank Community Foundation. One of the Eurobodalla's community powerhouses, Kathryn Maxwell, has been given a Community Hero award from the IMB Bank Community Foundation, for rolling out SAGE's Veggies For All project, and the IMB has also provided...

Robyn Reynolds has made history by being the first woman captain of the Pambula Rural Fire Service brigade.  The Pambula Rural Fire Service brigade has elected a woman as its captain for the first time in its history. Robyn Reynolds has been a member of the brigade for 21 years and has...

An 18-year-old man, charged with the murder of 29-year-old Andrew Drake (above) has been refused bail. Image Facebook.  An 18-year-old man from Tarago, charged with the murder of 29-year-old Andrew Drake, at Surfside, in April, has been refused bail. Daniel James Sharpe was arrested in Goulburn last Thursday.  He was refused bail by...