Adelong hens save the Men’s Shed

At the Men’s Shed building on Lockhart Street, Adelong, change is in the air. Instead of the usual bunch of … More

Updated wild dog strategy released

A NEW five-year NSW Wild Dog Management Strategy that identifies specific actions to minimise wild dog impacts in the state … More

Union: NPWS budget cuts affecting wild dogs

The National Parks and Wildlife Service has been under a storm of criticism from local farmers for not funding a … More

Domestic violence rates remain high

Tumut has the twelfth highest rate of domestic violence related assaults per head of population in NSW, the latest statistics … More

“Wom’s” 100th birthday celebration

Longtime Tumut resident Harold ‘Wom’ Oddy has, as of Saturday, lived 100 years on this Earth. For much of that … More

Results are in for wild dog collar project

Local landholders and agency representatives filled the Golf Club on Wednesday night to hear from Dr Guy Ballard, DPI wild … More

Councillors confirmed

The votes have been finalised and the preferences allocated, and you officially have your first ever Snowy Valleys Council: Bruce … More

Thefts from vehicles skyrocket

It won’t come as a surprise to regular readers of Page 2 in this paper that the offence of ‘steal … More

Recycling industry’s view on Four Corners

This week’s episode of investigate ABC program ‘Four Corners’ focused on dodgy practices in the waste and recycling industry. The … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Audrey McKenzie

Audrey McKenzie has served on local government in Tumut for 24 years. She said the stakes have never been higher … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: John Larter

John Larter’s primary occupation as Tumut’s leading paramedic comes through in his priorities for the new Snowy Valleys Council. The … More

Tumut’s health crisis

Tumut is in the midst of a health crisis. There is no issue with the health professionals that currently work … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Andrianna Benjamin

Andrianna Benjamin started her first business when she was 13. Owning and running her own shoe store, while completing her … More

Mohawk Man brings smiles

Robert and Shirley Giddings have brought a bit of cheer in this gloomy winter to Broughton Street, and all it … More

Health frustrations aired to Opposition Health Minister

It was packed house at Club Tumut on Monday afternoon as local residents seized the opportunity to air their complaints … More

Tumbarumba ‘Meet the Candidates’ meeting

Rail trails and fees debated at Tumbarumba meeting Residents also wanted to know where the candidates stood on the … More

Anaesthetist for booked cases

Tumut Family Medical Centre Practice Manager Janette Wilson said she hopes the recent focus on health has helped the community … More

Community reacts to health meeting

Those who attended the public meeting with Federal Shadow Health Minister Catherine King on Monday have mixed feelings about how … More

Cabramurra school will stay open

Cabramurra Public School will not close even though plans to remove the town’s permanent workforce remain in place, the NSW … More

Council to save Khancoban General Store

For over a year now, Khancoban has been without a General Store. It closed its doors in February 2016, and … More

Snowy Valleys Council Election Results

Top two take clear lead Saturday was a historic day in Tumut, Tumbarumba and surrounds. It was the first time … More

Tournament of Minds State Champions

Tumut Public School Tournament of Minds Coach Roslyn Castle said there were “a few tears” last weekend, after the girls … More

Industry’s role in health services

Local health services have been pursuing government avenues to get a full-time anaesthetist in Tumut for months now, and so … More

Thefts from vehicles skyrocket

It won’t come as a surprise to regular readers of Page 2 in this paper that the offence of … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Julia Ham

Julia Ham is a suitable candidate for the Snowy Valleys based on location alone: she lives smack-bang in the middle, … More

Snowy Valleys Council Candidate: Bruce Wright

Bruce Wright is a familiar face for just about everybody in Tumbarumba. He’s been a member of the Rotary Club … More

Candlelight march in Tumbarumba

An anti-merger protest in Tumbarumba on Thursday saw hundreds of people gather in the Memorial Hall for a public meeting, … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Cate Cross

Cate Cross’s working and community history reads like an ‘100 ways to care for others’ guide. Before moving to Tumut … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Margaret Isselmann

Former Tumut Shire Councillor Margaret Isselmann has decided her work on council isn’t quite done yet – she’s nominated again … More

Michael’s hopeful search for great-grandfather

No one knows the importance of a good family – or the corrosive effect of the lack of one – … More

Premier agrees to meet Save Our Shire

Tumbarumba’s Save Our Shire group will speak in person with NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian today (Tuesday), in a meeting secured … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Cor Smit

For Batlow resident and businessman Cor Smit, the Tumut-Tumbarumba council merger is an opportunity. He believes this whole region has … More

Snowy Valleys Council candidate: Geoff Pritchard

You can never have too much of a good thing. Just ask Geoff Pritchard: after 17 years total on the … More

The Snowy Valleys has a big heart

Notably more people participate in voluntary work in the Snowy Valleys than the NSW and Australian averages, data from the … More

Timber town

Half of all workers reliant on forest industry A new, in-depth study of the region’s forest industry has concluded … More

Church releases review

The independent review into the decision to place former Tumut parish priest Father Brian Hassett next to a Canberra primary … More

Help save the Adelong Men’s Shed

The Adelong Men’s Shed is in crisis, according to the man synonymous with its name, Ian Elliott. He started the … More

Elders recall life on the mission: An oral history of segregated life

Local legends on Facebook

A post in the Facebook group ‘Tumutians’ asking for local legends has drawn over 100 comments, as current and former … More

NPWS responds to wild dog concerns

The National Parks and Wildlife Service arranged for a trapper to work at Beryl Ryan’s Talbingo property last weekend and … More

Shadow Attorney-General stands up for Tumut court services

NSW Shadow Attorney-General Paul Lynch has taken up the issue of steadily eroding court services in the Tumut area with … More

‘We’re being driven off our farms’

Another Tumut-area farmer has spoken up against the inaction of authorities to do something about the wild dogs wreaking havoc … More

Break and enters up 200 per cent

Break and enter dwellings are up 200 per cent in Tumut, according to the latest statistics from the NSW Bureau … More

Tumut Takes 2 raises $87K

The Tumut Takes 2 performers have pulled off a phenomenal feat. Months of rehearsing and a packed calendar of fundraising … More

Hospital planning tick

The planning stages for a new Tumut Hospital will begin this year, with the NSW government responding to decades of … More

Wild dog spree at Talbingo

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE IN THIS STORY Beryl Ryan of Boraig Station, Talbingo, has lost all of the lambs she had … More

Paul Broad: Funding drama a “storm in a teacup”

The Snowy Hydro team has been left a little bewildered by the media attention surrounding a senate estimates session last … More

Opinion: Apples in a globalised world

There was cause for celebration in Batlow last week: the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative unanimously voted … More

Opinion: Visy invests in automation

Visy’s automation department is capable of producing and selling an impressive array of machines. Their robots can package goods; form, … More

Visy awaits approval for increase in production

The $50 million expansion of Tumut’s Visy Pulp and Paper Mill has been completed, and all they are waiting for … More

Unanimous ‘yes’ to Batlow buy-out

One hundred per cent of the growers that make up the Batlow Fruit Cooperative, known as Batlow Apples, have voted … More

Gift from a benevolent stranger

A Canberra woman, at the end of her life and suffering from dementia, has donated her overlocker sewing machine to … More

Dogs running wild

Goobarragandra farmer Lindsay Buckley has lost 12 sheep in two weeks to wild dogs. His is one of the worst-hit … More

Growers grapple with changing apple industry

Batlow Apples has been a cooperative for 96 years, remaining grower owned and operated in all that time. However, the … More

Core change flagged for co-op: Batlow Apples considers selling controlling stake

The board of the Batlow Fruit Cooperative – known as Batlow Apples – is recommending to its members that the … More

PM announces $2bn expansion of iconic scheme

Five hundred jobs are expected to come to the region starting from next year, with the construction of an expansion … More

Snowy Hydro 2.0

Turnbull drops in to Talbingo Residents of Talbingo were surprised with an uncommon site up in the mountains on Thursday: … More

Community confronts church leaders

Fractured parish critical of church process: Archbishop here for meeting to discuss Father Brian Hassett About 100 members of the Tumut … More

The investigation into Father Brian Hasset

Father Brian Hassett (right), former Tumut parish priest, pictured here with former Tumut mayor John Larter. TIMELINE OF EVENTS 1990 … More

Celebrating another successful show

Over 1000 people came through the gates for the Tumut Show on Saturday, with 682 adults, 202 pensioners, 110 children … More

OPINION: Tumut doctors should prescribe RU486

If a Tumut woman falls pregnant and doesn’t want to keep the child, she has two options. One, travel to … More

Stabbing in Quandong Ave

Donna Paton and Gary Pani were in their home on Quandong Avenue in the early hours of Saturday morning, when … More

Tragic loss of a promising young woman

Staff at Reconnect are reeling after the tragic loss of manager Angela McDuff, who was the victim of a fatal … More

Australia Day

Batlow Honours for community-minded duo Ray Billings has been awarded Batlow’s Citizen of the Year this Australia Day, while Helmut … More

Adelong skate day

Kids of all ages turned out at the Adelong Skate Park on Sunday afternoon, to have some fun and learn … More

Trapped in a blackspot

Goobarragandra resident John McNeill was trapped in his overturned vehicle for more than an hour last week, after he was … More

Huge win for THS at F1 championships

Tumut High School students have taken out first, second, and third place at the F1 for Schools state competition at … More

Shock resignation: General Manager departs

Snowy Valleys Interim General Manager Bob Stewart has resigned, in a surprising move that will leave a vital position unfilled … More

Tumut gives a Gonski

Tumut public schools are set to receive a significant injection in funding next year, as part of the highly publicised … More

The fight to save region’s animals from extinction

A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report has shown that 58 per cent of animals worldwide have gone extinct since 1970. … More

Council hands out $1.4 million

Fifty-nine community groups in the Snowy Valleys Council region will receive a combined $1.4 million in grants over the next … More

An open letter to Tumut High’s female graduates

The Tumut High formal graduation dinner took place yesterday, and I’m reflecting on what I wish I could tell myself … More