ABC South East NSW

Businesses in the Snowy Mountains are celebrating the return of Selwyn Snow Resort, reopening its doors next weekend for the first time since the Black Summer bushfires.

They were insured when the bushfires came, but not when they lost everything to defective builders. Now they are asking the federal government to step in and help.

"The deb" is a big deal for South Coast teen Sarah McCabe, who is among the young people putting their stamp on the traditional event.

The elderly woman is in a critical condition after an altercation with police, who had been called to the Cooma aged care facility by staff.

A letter penned to a young girl and launched into the Pacific 45 years ago has been unearthed on the NSW far south coast, revealing a treasured "blast from the past" and intergenerational friendship.

There's debate about whether a colony of fur seals in Narooma on the New South Wales far south coast helps or hinders the local economy.

It's been three years since the Black Summer bushfires where nearly 1,000 homes were destroyed in the Bega Valley, Eurobodalla and Snowy Monaro shires, but for some the full extent of the mental trauma has only recently hit.

Snowy Mountains residents have raised concerns about the capacity of their increasingly busy highway after the "complete tragedy" of a contractor's death.

Alison Burns could not access child care for her kids so launched her own centre, but now more families than she can handle are knocking on her door as a nationwide shortage bites in remote areas.

A long-time user of the Narooma Bar on the NSW Far South Coast says something needs to be done to make it safer after a number of boating tragedies.