Blue Mountains News

19/05/2024

As the clock ticked down and the Warriors trailed by four points with just 10 minutes remaining, backup fullback Taine Tuaupiki scored and converted to put his team ahead by two.

In a match that was far from polished and often downright gritty, the Warriors clinched a courageous 22-20 victory over the Panthers on Sunday, marking one of the club's most impressive ...

19/05/2024

Given Rockley's relatively isolated location, with assistance often some distance away, this advanced new truck is expected to be a highly valued asset for the community of just under 200 residents in the Bathurst Regional Council area.

In a significant boost to the local community, the Chifley Lithgow District handed over a brand-new fire truck to the Rockley Rural Fire Brigade on Friday.

19/05/2024

Officers successfully deployed road spikes, bringing the vehicle to a halt. The driver then fled on foot.

A man wanted on multiple outstanding arrest warrants has been apprehended and charged in the state's Central West.

19/05/2024

The man, 41, was taken into custody on Friday after his home in western Sydney was searched.

An author of children's books who police allege using his position to  groom children for s*x has been arrested.

20/02/2023

While information has been provided to police that the men had later decided to extend their walk, police are continuing their search and keen to speak with anyone who may have seen the pair since Friday.
https://www.bluemountainsnews.net/news/273545361/missing-blue-mountains-bushwalkers-named-as-search-continues

Klaus is described as being of Caucasian appearance, approximately 170cm, with grey hair.

20/02/2023

A Command Post has been established and a co-ordinated multi-agency search party involving officers from the Blue Mountains PAC, Rescue Squad, SES Bush Search and Rescue, and a number of Rural Fire Service crews are taking part in the search
https://www.bluemountainsnews.net/news/273543166/search-resumes-for-two-missing-bushwalkers-in-blue-mountains

The New South Wales (NSW) Police have resumed the search for two experienced bushwalkers who failed to return home after embarking on a two-day hike on Wednesday. .

02/01/2023

The tragedy took place in the early afternoon on New Year's Day.

A Blue Mountains police officer has drowned after rescuing his 14-year-old son from a rip at a NSW South Coast beach.

18/05/2022

"Council values the city's rich history and works to ensure local heritage is valued and protected," Lithgow City Mayor Maree Stratham said

The Lithgow Council is calling for applications for heritage grants to financially assist property owners in undertaking minor works to promote heritage values within Lithgow's Heritage ...

18/05/2022

The proposal confirms an 11-km, toll-free tunnel, from Blackheath to Little Hartlye, and promises to reduce travel times by up to 30 minutes.

The Australian state of New South Wales has committed to the construction of what will be the longest tunnel in the nation.

16/11/2021

The man came to police attention earlier this month when the Australian Federal Police-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation received a tip from a member of the public regarding a man communicating online with a child.

A 37-year-old Sydney man was arrested on Tuesday over suspicions he lured a child for s*x.

28/10/2021

The initiative is investigating the establishment of a Planetary Health Centre in Katoomba and the implementation of a city-wide Planetary Health Action Program providing local, regional, and potentially broader benefits including a range of projects, research, education, and local job creation.

As a leader in sustainability over the last 20 years, and as one of only two cities in the world fully located within a UNESCO declared World Heritage Area, the Blue Mountains City Coun ...

28/10/2021

A man was expected to appear in court on Thursday in relation to the shooting death of a man in the New South Wales Central West last year.

A man was expected to appear in court on Thursday in relation to the shooting death of a man in the New South Wales Central West last year.

28/10/2021

A two-year-old boy remains in stable condition after being pulled unresponsive and unconscious from a backyard swimming pool on Sunday. The boy was found d near-drowned around 12:40pm Sunday at a home in Blacktown, at the foot of the Blue Mountains.

A two-year-old boy remains in stable condition after being pulled unresponsive and unconscious from a backyard swimming pool on Sunday.

28/10/2021

WESTMEAD, Sydney, NSW - A search has been mounted for a missing schoolgirl, aged 14, who has not been sighted for 6 days.
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate the teenager.

A search has been mounted for a missing schoolgirl, aged 14, who has not been sighted for 3 days.

28/10/2021

A 25-year old man has been killed in a collision between a bus and a car in Sydney's west. Officers from Cumberland Police Area Command attended along with NSW Ambulance paramedics. The driver and sole occupant of the car, a 25-year-old man, died at the scene.

A 25-year old man has been killed in a collision between a bus and a car in Sydney's west.

21/08/2021

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) received three reports from the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an Instagram user was accessing and uploading child abuse material to the social media platform.

A 61-year-old man who uploaded child abuse material to Instagram was sentenced to four years and six months’ imprisonment by the Parramatta District

14/08/2021

The entire state of New South Wales has been ordered to lock down from 5pm Saturday after Covid-19 cases soared to nearly 500 overnight.

13/08/2021

A teenager in the Central West is facing charges after he allegedly caused a worksite to be shut down on Friday over a Covid-19 scare.

13/08/2021

A murder investigation has commenced in the New South Wales Central West following the discovery of two bodies early on Friday morning.

13/08/2021

The drama over the Greater Sydney Covid-19 lockdown has extended to Western News South Wales, with the City fo Dubbo, Walgett, and Bathurst jail thrown into lockdown.

11/08/2021

A major city in the New South Wales Central West entered a 7-day lockdown from 1:00pm on Wednesday.

02/08/2021

A man who was shot in the New South Wales Central West early Monday has died in hospital.

02/08/2021

A man has been shot at a home in the New South Wales Central West in the early hours of Monday morning.

02/08/2021

ACMA, the Australian Communications Media Authority has been sidelined by the U.S. social media giant YouTube.

30/07/2021

A girl in her late teens was winched to safety by a critical care helicopter during a major three-hour rescue operation in the Blue Mountains late Friday afternoon.

29/07/2021

Wentworth Healthcare is a local not-for-profit organisation striving to improve the health and wellbeing of people in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Lithgow, and Penrith.

Lithgow residents who may be experiencing any respiratory symptoms are being urged to get tested, after South Bowenfels was listed as a COVID-19 exposure location recently.

29/07/2021

Hundreds of Australian Army soldiers are to be deployed to the streets of Sydney in a bid to combat the fast-spreading Delta variant of the Coronavirus.

28/07/2021

A 24-year old man remains in serious condition in Westmead Hospital after his truck towing a trailer collided with a bus at Lawson, the New South Wales Blue Mountains on Wednesday.

26/07/2021

Two 13-year old boys appeared in a Central West court on Monday after leading police in a pursuit overnight which ended with them crashing into another vehicle, and seriously injured a ...

23/07/2021

A man with a medical condition who went missing from the NSW Blue Mountains on late Thursday afternoon has been found.