Blue Mountains Gazette
Friday, 12 August
Blue Mountains heritage saved through council grants
Linden observatory
Katoomba man, 53, robbed after using ATM
B C. Lewis
Meet Hazelbrook's 'digital defender' tackling cybercrime
Bachelor of Cyber Security and Behaviour student, Thomas Rowe. Picture: Dinil Jayasekara, Western Sydney University
End of an era at New Ivanhoe Hotel in Blackheath
Jennie Curtin
New owner Adrian Guest, former owners Dale Gregory, Kerrie Ray and new licensee Jake Toivonen outside the Ivanhoe hotel in Blackheath.
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Watch: Bear staggers under influence of hallucinogenic honey
Emma Horn • 2hrs ago
HALLUCINATING: The female juvenile bear was found to be under the influence of a psychotropic honey. Picture: supplied
Jenolan Caves Road to reopen after six-week closure
The Two Mile section of Jenolan Caves Road (pictured during roadworks last year) has been cut off since early July due to a landslip. Picture: Transport For NSW
Students at Lawson Public evacuated after gas leak
File photo
Blue Mountains Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Day Service returns to Springwood
A RAAF Iroquois helicopter at Fire Support Base Discovery in May Tao, South Vietnam on December 2, 1969. Picture: Australian War Memorial EKN/69/0146/VN
Preparations continue for highway duplication
An artist's impression of part of the Great Western Highway duplication.
Pothole portal to keep residents in the picture on the state of roads
The mayor, Cr Mark Greenhill, near some roadworks being carried out by council.
Stink over bins: Right to make bin a political billboard continues
B C Lewis
Bins can continue to be political billboards: Mark Greenhill and his bin before the federal election with a picture of the former Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
New chancellor for Western Sydney University
New leader at Western: Growing up in housing commission in the Blue Mountains and on the NSW Central Coast, Jennifer Westacott said that experience has driven her throughout her life
Man, 74, charged with stalking, after approaching a girl
B C Lewis
Govetts Leap to be closed to cars until 2023
Govetts Leap, Blackheath: Closed to vehicles from August 11. Picture: Simone Cottrell, DPE
Langya virus: what is it and should we be concerned?
Rosie Bensley • 2hrs ago
The COVID-19 drive through testing centre at EPIC in Canberra. Picture: Karleen Minney
'A wicked problem': doctors warn against antibiotic overuse in bumper flu season
Rosie Bensley

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Stories from Blue Mountains Gazette
Blue Mountains heritage saved through council grants
Linden observatory
Katoomba man, 53, robbed after using ATM
B C. Lewis
Meet Hazelbrook's 'digital defender' tackling cybercrime
Bachelor of Cyber Security and Behaviour student, Thomas Rowe. Picture: Dinil Jayasekara, Western Sydney University
End of an era at New Ivanhoe Hotel in Blackheath
Jennie Curtin
New owner Adrian Guest, former owners Dale Gregory, Kerrie Ray and new licensee Jake Toivonen outside the Ivanhoe hotel in Blackheath.
Jenolan Caves Road to reopen after six-week closure
The Two Mile section of Jenolan Caves Road (pictured during roadworks last year) has been cut off since early July due to a landslip. Picture: Transport For NSW

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