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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.