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  Friday 22nd January - 5:30pm There are reports that a truck has rolled on the Kings Highway east of Pooh Corner. Traffic is affected in both directions and delays are expected. Alternating (stop/slow) traffic conditions are in place. Stay up to date via Live Traffic - livetraffic.com.au  

  A man has died after a single-vehicle quad bike crash near Bega on the South Coast yesterday. At about 10.30am Saturday 16 January, emergency services were called to Sheehans Road at Candelo, near the intersection of Towridgee Lane, after reports a quad bike had lost control and left the road before...

After years of waiting, the full headspace for Batemans Bay is now open, providing a range of mental health and wellbeing services to local young people. Member for Gilmore, Fiona Phillips MP today popped into the new centre to thank the staff for their work supporting young people in our community. “The...

The Salvation Army’s mobile bushfire disaster recovery teams will be in  Bega, Cobargo and Quaama next week to offer advice to residents, especially those impacted by last year’s bushfire disaster. The Salvos teams will be providing information and support to residents of the area, including financial counselling and a new round...

Above: Construction is underway on the Batemans Bay Regional Aquatic, Arts and Leisure Centre at Mackay Park. Eurobodalla community members are invited to be part of stakeholder workshops that will help shape the branding and naming of the new Batemans Bay Regional Aquatic, Arts and Leisure Centre. Brand design specialist CITIZEN is working...

NSW Health is calling on anyone who has been at the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Brisbane since 30 December, either as a returned traveller or as a staff member, to immediately get tested and isolate for 14 days after they were last at the hotel regardless of their test result. NSW...

An expert in online conspiracy theories has warned Far South Coast residents about the dangers of getting taken in by cult-like groups such as QAnon.   Professor at the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University Colin Kline said one of the concerns is the distortion of public health messages...

Police are requesting assistance from the public for any information about damage to a lifeguard tower at Surf Beach. Sometime between the hours of 5pm Sunday and 9am Monday 11/1/21 unknown person/s have dragged the tower onto the beach, removed a wooden footing which they set alight and used as...

A great white shark 'pushing 5 metres' has been spotted by recreational fisherman trying to catch flathead just out the front of the Blue Pool in Bermagui.  Brendon Suter and his mates were trying to catch a few flathead in 30 metres of water less than 1 km from the Bermagui...

  Above: Social Justice Advocates of the Sapphire Coast secretary Dianne Beckett and chairperson Mick Brosnan hold ‘Liferaft’ the book written by  GJ Maher, detailing the efforts made to provide caravans to homeless people in the Bega Valley Shire. The Social Justice Advocates of the Sapphire Coast have again detailed an urgent...