23/07/2008 | Outrage and anger from expectant mothers and their supporters erupted at a Katoomba Hospital rally on Monday morning, bringing home the true impact of the sudden closure of the region's only maternity unit.
16/07/2008 | Blaxland teenager Jonathan Baker will swap the cement assembly area of Penrith High School for the iconic ground of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square when he performs as part of an international youth orchestra in the lead-up to the Olympic Games next month.
16/07/2008 | Five years after beginning their search, Hazelbrook Croquet Club (HCC) have become increasingly frustrated by their failure to secure land for a new home.
16/07/2008 | The Mountains is experiencing an alarming rise in the number of diabetes diagnoses as the disease spreads rapidly around the country.
16/07/2008 | The first stage of Lawson town centre’s reconstruction is about to get under way, marking a major milestone in the long-running saga over the village’s future.
16/07/2008 | Blue Mountains City Council has cried foul after being slugged with a massive bill by the State Government to run this September’s local government elections.
16/07/2008 | A Springwood nursing home is at the centre of an ongoing investigation by health authorities after 10 of its elderly residents died in the space of three weeks during a gastroenteritis outbreak.
16/07/2008 | World Youth Day mightn’t hit its stride until tomorrow when Pope Benedict delivers his opening address from Sydney Harbour but for hundreds of overseas pilgrims the festivities began in the Blue Mountains last week.
10/07/2008 | School zones in the Blue Mountains have been overlooked again by the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) in a statewide rollout of flashing light signs.
10/07/2008 | The first week of July saw strong westerly winds which caused extensive damage to properties across the Blue Mountains last Tuesday and Wednesday.
10/07/2008 | Linden residents were prisoners in their own village last Friday morning as the Mountains' new recycling service got off to a rocky start.
10/07/2008 | Preparations are under way on a master plan for Glenbrook’s Knapsack Park that will allow new facilities at the popular soccer ground.
10/07/2008 | Wentworth Falls residents are venting their anger at Vodafone and Optus, claiming there was minimal consultation about a proposal for a mobile base station in the village’s shopping centre.
10/07/2008 | Opposition to council’s revitalisation plans for Springwood took another leap forward last Monday night when a huge crowd attended a public meeting aimed at “saving” the village from any major supermarket development.