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NSW Health is today reporting the deaths of two people in Southern NSW - a man in his 70s from the Bega Valley and a man in his 90s from the Goulburn Mulwaree area. There were 36 deaths of people with COVID-19 across the state, reported by NSW Health today; 22 men...

A young girl had a lucky escape after being hit by a car on the south coast today. A utility was reportedly travelling along Murramarang Road, near Racecourse Beach, Bawley Point, when a girl believed to be aged between 8 and 10, ran onto the road. Emergency Services arrived on the scene...

  South Coast Police have been told between 7pm on Sunday (16 January 2022) and 3am Monday (17 January 2022), a white Holden Colorado was stolen from a home on Golf Road, Bermagui. Residents of Wallaga Lake and Akolele woke on Monday morning to the sound of explosions coming from the roadway...

  UPDATE: About 8.20am today (Tuesday 18 January), emergency services responded to reports of a truck fire at Clyde Mountain on the Kings Highway, Monga, near Pooh's corner, approximately 20km east of Braidwood. NSW Fire and Rescue have extinguished the fire. There are no reports of injuries. Officers from Monaro Police District are...

  Andrew Constance has won Liberal Party endorsement to stand against Labor's Fiona Phillips in Gilmore at the next Federal election. And the former Bega MP and State Transport Minister said he's taking a different approach to campaigning. He says his focus is on unity. "After 18 and a half years as a state...

Recent landslips on Brown Mountain have been investigated by the Transport for NSW geotechnical team.  Maintenance will be carried out this week, with the view to reopen the road back up to two lanes before Australia Day (weather permitting).  The next planned major work is set to start early 2023, allowing time for further...

The Bega Valley was the scene of a high speed police chase involving multiple police vehicles over the weekend. Around 8pm on Saturday (January 15), South Coast Highway Patrol officers were patrolling Carp Street, Bega, when they stopped a Hyundai i35. Police spoke to the driver – a 44-year-old man – before...

Merimbula Airport will be closed for six weeks from 31 January 2022 to enable the runway extension and strengthening project to be completed as planned, with the airport expected to return to normal operation on Monday 14 March 2022. Bega Valley Shire Council Project Services Manager, Daniel Djikic said the decision...

The Bureau of Meteorology has cancelled the Marine Tsunami Warning for the NSW coast however a Hazardous Surf Warning is in place for the Batemans and Eden Coast today. Local residents on the south coast were issued with a Tsunami warning from the BOM just after 8:30pm on Saturday, after an underwater...

Southern NSW Local Health District (SNSWLHD) has thanked community members for their patience during this period of record demand for COVID-19 testing services. NSW Health Pathology and private pathology laboratories are working tirelessly to ensure results are returned as soon as possible but testing capacity across NSW remains under enormous pressure...