Authorities inspect dams after 3.6 magnitude earthquake in Sydney’s west

Authorities inspect dams after 3.6 magnitude earthquake in Sydney’s west

Authorities were assessing critical dams in the area,including Warragamba.

  • byMegan Gorrey

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Earthquake felt across western Sydney and the Blue Mountains

Earthquake felt across western Sydney and the Blue Mountains

Sydney’s western suburbs and the Blue Mountains were hit by a magnitude 3.6 earthquake on Friday night.

  • byBillie Eder
Western Sydney hit by storms after bushwalkers struck by lightning

Western Sydney hit by storms after bushwalkers struck by lightning

Severe thunderstorms swept through the Blue Mountains and Western Sydney on Thursday,a day after lightning struck four people on the Three Sisters track.

  • bySarah McPhee andJessica McSweeney
Toddler reunited with family after being found alone in Blue Mountains
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Toddler reunited with family after being found alone in Blue Mountains

The boy told police he was “was staying with his nana but doesn’t know where she lives”.

  • byAngus Thomson
‘The best of a bad choice’:Megablaze was artificially enlarged by the Rural Fire Service

‘The best of a bad choice’:Megablaze was artificially enlarged by the Rural Fire Service

As the Gospers Mountain Fire bore down on the Blue Mountains in 2019,the RFS devised an ambitious strategy to keep it from populated areas. But new data shows it was far from perfect.

  • byHarriet Alexander
The Blue Mountains is beautiful,but its cultural landscape has been overlooked

The Blue Mountains is beautiful,but its cultural landscape has been overlooked

The important Indigenous heritage of the Blue Mountains might soon be recognised.

  • byJulie Power
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‘Everyone has a story about it’:The fight to save a legendary Katoomba cafe

‘Everyone has a story about it’:The fight to save a legendary Katoomba cafe

Residents have been lobbying the state government to save a cafe that was once home to Hollywood glamour.

  • byJulie Power
‘They know what we’re feeling’:The horse lover taking on human trauma

‘They know what we’re feeling’:The horse lover taking on human trauma

For 12 years,Elizabeth Milinkovic worked with foster children and the homeless. Then one day she thought horses might help alleviate their suffering.

  • byLaura Banks
Light-pollution haven at risk as flight paths threaten Sydney’s heritage

Light-pollution haven at risk as flight paths threaten Sydney’s heritage

A heritage-listed observatory sits at the convergence of arrival and departure flight paths for Sydney’s new airport,which stargazers say will shake up night sky imaging.

  • byTim Barlass
Man who shot himself in siege linked to Sovereign Citizen movement,police suspect

Man who shot himself in siege linked to Sovereign Citizen movement,police suspect

A man is dead in a suspected suicide following a siege west of the Blue Mountains where shots were fired at heavily armed police.

  • byPerry Duffin
Shots fired,officer flung across car bonnet in two-hour police chase

Shots fired,officer flung across car bonnet in two-hour police chase

The pursuit across western Sydney ended hours later in the Blue Mountains,with the driver arrested by police after being Tasered.

  • byOlivia Ireland andSarah Keoghan