Blue Mountains Gazette
Thursday, 30 June
Scholarship for gifted Katoomba student
Nicole Tsahtarlis: Scholarship recipient.
Road rage incident: car struck with metal pole
B C. Lewis
Wesley Stormer: mixing classical and pop
Wesley Stormer
Trek on Cliff Top Walk for cancer
Mt Kosciuszko group in 2021
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Teachers, nurses, transport workers strike across NSW in week of heavy industrial action
Bec Pridham
WEEK OF DISRUPTIONS: There will be a wave of industrial action this week by train drivers, teachers, nurses and midwives. Picture: AAP
Tributes for Blue Mountains council's longest serving staff member
Karen Ives in more recent times.
Blue Mountains family hold fundraiser for son who died from enterovirus infection
Denise and Mathew Brajkovic with their children Audrey, 6, and Cohen, 14. Denise holds a photo of their son Julian who died from a severe enterovirus infection in 2019.
Damien Madigan
Lawson music teacher claims international award
Fiona Hill. Picture: Deep Hill Media
Blue Mountains Grammar School students represent Australia at 2022 F1 in Schools World Finals
Charlie Burgess and Bill Klein
Blockade Australia protestor arrest in Springwood
B. C. Lewis
Survivor superfan recreates reality TV show in Katoomba for YouTube series
Damien Madigan
Ready to snuff your torch: Lawson resident Eli Maynard will host the fan-made series, Sydney Survivor, which will be filmed in Katoomba.
Inquiry hears of bushfire investigation deficiencies
Jennie Curtin
A resident of Berambing, on the border of Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury local government areas, struggling during the December 2019 bushfires. Picture: Jochen Spencer
Mt Victoria veteran's record throw at Master Games
Champion: Ninety-year-old Roy Bennett with his gold medals for javelin and discus.
Jennie Curtin
Solar powered savings as Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District embraces sustainability
Springwood Hospital solar panels
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Is this year's flu worse than previous years?
Matilda Handsley-Davis
BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: Illustration of an influenza virus particle. Picture: Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library / Getty Images.
Heart checks soar post-Warne, Kitching
Callum Godde
Shane Warne died in March aged 52 from a suspected heart attack and congenital disease.

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Scholarship for gifted Katoomba student
Nicole Tsahtarlis: Scholarship recipient.
Road rage incident: car struck with metal pole
B C. Lewis
Wesley Stormer: mixing classical and pop
Wesley Stormer
Trek on Cliff Top Walk for cancer
Mt Kosciuszko group in 2021
Tributes for Blue Mountains council's longest serving staff member
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