March 5, 2013 A group of Cooma ladies were having lunch last week. Catching up on the news, several of them told how they had made extra efforts to lock up their houses, particularly at night, and to make sure the curtains were tightly drawn. They were apprehensive, and fearful.  

February 28, 2013 EDITOR: The recent Cooma-Monaro Shire Council public meeting regarding rezoning of council's parks and open spaces was actually a debacle.   

February 28, 2013 EDITOR: In writing about the recent horror crash on Jerangle Road and the issue of mobile phone reception, Member for Monaro John Barilaro is being deliberately misleading in an attempt to score cheap political points ("Appeal over deadly roads", Express February 19).  

February 28, 2013 The escape of convicted murderer Adam Bowhay while on a work release program at Snowy Oval in Cooma raises many questions of security, safety and competence that no doubt will be addressed by appropriate authorities over coming weeks.  

February 21, 2013 Appeal over deadly roads - John Barilaro responds  

February 5, 2013 EDITOR: The paper "Cooma Tomorrow" adopted by the Cooma and Monaro Progress Association (CMPA), on exhibition at the Local Library since before Christmas, has attracted a number of positive comments.  

January 31, 2013 EDITOR: On the first weekend of March 2012 the Cooma Monaro Shire experienced a severe weather incident that impacted on many roads in the area.   

January 17, 2013 EDITOR: Thank you to all the many people who have participated in any way to putting out the fires, of this past week.  

January 17, 2013 Cooma, so far, has not been at serious risk during the latest bushfire crisis (although one ABC report put the flames perilously close on Saturday).  

December 4, 2012 Best development in many years