Jennie Curtin

A new hospital for the Blue Mountains has moved a step closer to reality with the state government setting aside $25 million to search for a suitable and practical site.

Planning for a new hospital for the Mountains gets $25m to look for a suitable site.

Planning for a new hospital for the Blue Mountains gets $25m to look for a suitable site.

More than $2.57 million has been earmarked for small businesses which are suffering because of the closure of Victoria Pass.

The last pieces of infrastructure are slowly slotting into place at Lincoln's Rock in Wentworth Falls which will reopen to tourists on November 30.

Evacuating 600 people from the site is a major concern.

Bob Montgomery, long-time Leura resident, died after completing Broome to Bowral fundraising ride.

For months pedestrians in Mount Victoria have hesitated before trying to cross the road.

Residents feared crossing the road. Help is finally on the way.

A Winmalee sandstone quarry is causing headaches for local residents who say they sometimes have to endure tens of thousands of strikes a day of a huge mechanical rock-breaker.