Australian Para snowboard superstar and Thredbo ambassador, Ben Tudhope, can now call himself a Winter Paralympic Games medallist in an event he considers ‘just something I do on the side’.
The 151st Cooma Show was a success as thousands experienced one of the South East’s most popular agricultural shows.
The show’s official opening saw three special presentations made.
Volunteers from the Cooma RSL Sub-Branch, supported by local business J & M Waste, dedicated a recent Sunday to one of Australia’s most enduring environmental initiatives, Clean Up Australia Day.
After decades of volunteering between them, Cooma-Monaro RSL Sub-branch stalwarts, Ray Peters-Smith and Don Murphy, have stepped down from their executive roles.
Golfers turned out in big numbers on Sunday for the Sandy Wallace Trophy and stroke monthly medal, as they fine-tuned their game for next week’s start of the 72-hole club championship.
The Snowy River Bears and Jindabyne Bushpigs have supported local rugby player, Tui Samoa, in watching his son, Denzel Samoa, debut for Moana Pasifika.
Conversations around art on the Snowy Monaro were held between South East Arts (SEA) executive director, Kate Bradbury, and Snowy Monaro Regional Council chief executive officer, Noreen Vu, in Cooma recently.
Word is spreading about the assistance the Country Education Foundation (CEF) can provide students/trade apprentices in the Snowy Monaro as a record number of applicants applied to the program for 2026.
A meeting last month between NSW government representatives and the local resident behind a push to improve the safety of the Monaro Highway from wildlife collisions has proved beneficial with those in attendance stating they are open to investigating options.
For a Snowy Mountains Wildlife (LAOKO) rescuer, finding an injured or distressed native animal, in the night-time particularly, can be very difficult if clear and precise directions are not provided.
Fire activity in the Snowy Monaro region has been minimal over the past seven days, despite extreme heat conditions, gusty, windy weather and a day of total fire ban.
Medical students from the Australian National University’s School of Medicine and Psychology Rural Stream program have been welcomed to the region where they will live, train and study throughout the 2026 academic year.
Members of the Jindabyne East Residents Committee have supported Australia Post’s position of not offering a daily home delivery service to residents of East Jindabyne and Tyrolean village.
