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Raw sewage is overflowing from toilets and flooding bathrooms in some Lithgow homes during heavy rain, but the council says a long-term solution could cost around $70 million.

West Wyalong, which was built on the discovery of gold, now holds a Guinness World Record after people panned for the metal for 30 minutes.

Two people are dead and many more are injured following a multi-vehicle crash on the Great Western Highway near Lithgow.

The general store at Cumnock in western New South Wales has had five owners over its 141-year history. Now it has a sixth: the town itself.

The state braces for more wet weather after flash flooding, heavy rain and hail over the weekend.

Just over a year ago, the Eijkman family clung to a tree for hours while the worst flood on record for the western NSW town of Eugowra engulfed their house. Now they are moving back into it, freshly rebuilt just in time for Christmas.

The distinctive call of male koalas looking for a mate has been programmed into sensors that are speeding up research into where the threatened animals live.

An "adventure precinct" slated for the Blue Mountains' Gardens of Stone Conservation Area will no longer be built, but plans for a series of eco-cabins are still moving ahead.

The federal member for Calare Andrew Gee says while the funding announcement is a positive step, many residents have fallen into considerable debt due to delays in such assistance.

Centennial Coal says it has to release five Olympic pools' worth of "predominantly untreated groundwater" a day to stop a Lithgow mine flooding, which a water scientist says will worsen contamination.

Fire investigators, ignitable fuel detection dogs, and police officers are sifting through the debris of a unit in Young to work out how the blaze started.

An inquest is unable to conclude whether a 2018 house fire that killed a 2-year-old in the Blue Mountains accidental or deliberately lit, with the coroner nonetheless finding "unusual circumstances … certainly worthy of pause and consideration".

Detectives now suspect foul play as they begin a search of a property for 53-year-old David Collisson, missing for more than a week and last seen at a property north-west of Mudgee.

A Blue Mountains hotel wants to significantly increase its number of helicopter flights to the area, from 14 to 105 per week, to chopper guests over flood-affected roads.

Nicole Harvey was working as a dog handler at Sydney Airport when she met an eight-week-old pup with "something special" — and knew she had to be part of his journey.

A bushfire is impacting properties on the New South Wales South Coast but authorities have downgraded its emergency status.

An emergency warning is downgraded for a fire burning near the town of Gulgong in NSW's Central West, with authorities warning those remaining in the district to continue monitoring the situation.

Nathan Markl's body was found two weeks after he went missing, but an autopsy could not determine a cause of death. As an inquest is confirmed, his mother says she won't rest until she finds out what happened.

Since launching in 1973, AgQuip has become the Southern Hemisphere's largest agricultural field day. This year it celebrates 50 years.

Convoys of semi trailers carrying hay for farmers were a familiar sight during the most recent drought, and now they've returned to north west New South Wales.

Angry farmers gather at an event in Tamworth where the prime minister has announced extra drought funding, demanding to have their voices heard on the way renewable energy projects are managed. 

An annual report reveals the consultants who helped develop New South Wales' Future of Gas Statement were working with energy company Santos at the same time, but Ernst & Young says there is no conflict of interest.

Four more NSW local government areas are declared in drought and, as the opposition calls on the government to reveal its preparedness, the premier says announcements will be made in next month's budget.

Correctional Services NSW has agreed to increase the number of inmate-built modular homes for the Aboriginal Housing Office, with a real need for five-bedroom homes and a workforce eager to build skills.

Orange flames, thick smoke, and the sound of choppers turned this Ngoorumba elder's home of 58 years into a "war scene". But he found returning to the scorched land was worse.