Shoalhaven News

Less than two weeks out from NSW schools fully reopening for face-to-face learning there's a concerning statistic coming out of NSW Health's weekly demographic breakdown of locally acquired COVID cases across the state. Of the 10 age group demographic, the zero to nine and 10 to 19 categories have seen the...

New South Wales continues to move in the right direction with both cases dropping and vaccinations increasing, with just 360 new cases overnight, from 88,988 tests in the 24 hours to 8 pm last night. 90.4% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with 74% of...

Illawarra Shoalhaven Health expects to open a COVID-19 Special Health Accommodation facility in the Shoalhaven in the next week. Known as a 'SHA', the facility is designed to provide safe accommodation for COVID-19 positive patients and people who are considered close contacts awaiting covid test results, who can't safely isolate from...

Police have released the name of a man who was allegedly murdered at a Shoalhaven caravan park earlier this year. He's been formally identified as 49-year-old Sanctuary Point resident, David McArthur. David's father Stuart McArthur is expected to speak publically about his son's murder today. Emergency services were called to a caravan park...

Three months of asphalting the Princes Highway upgrade between Berry and Bomaderry got underway today.Work putting the final layer of asphalt for the upgrade is being carried out on the north and southbound lanes between Mullers Lane at Berry Moss Vale Road at Bomaderry.The work hours are 7am to 6pm,...

The Kiama Local Government Area has gone a week without a new COVID-19 case. However the Shoalhaven has recoded 31 cases in the past three days , including 10 in today's COVID statistics. Nine of the new cases are from the 2541 area, the other from the 2540 postcode. One of today's new...

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet called for changes to the way NSW Health delivered its daily COVID-19 case information on the day he was sworn in as leader last week. Perrottet directed for the update to be brought forward two hours to 9am and what NSW Health has delivered on day one...

Changed health restrictions mean Shoalhaven Council's libraries in Nowra, Sanctuary Point and Ulladulla are reopening today to people who are fully vaccinated. Milton Library will re-open from Wednesday with varied hours, and the Mobile Library will resume in line with its normal timetable. The Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre is open again for funerals,...

A man has died in a single vehicle crash at Sanctuary Point. About 12.20am on Saturday, emergency services were called to the intersection of The Wool Road and Lamar Avenue, after a Mitsubishi ute struck a tree. The 41-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene. Officers from...

NSW Health has been notified of a number of new casual contact venues of concern associated with confirmed cases of COVID 19. If you were at a casual contact venue at the time and date listed here, immediately get tested and isolate until you get a negative result, even if you...