Merry Christmas to all our wonderful readers of The Bugle and best wishes for 2026.

This has been a momentous year for The Bugle with our reach via newspaper, online and social channels rising to new heights.

We also launched our Bugle Bulletin weekly YouTube round-up as part of our commitment to covering the news that matters for the Kiama local government area and surrounding regions.

All of us were thrilled in October when The Bugle won the coveted Best Editorial Campaign at the 2025 Country Press NSW Awards of Excellenc.

We were also nominated for best sports story with our reporter, Lleyton Hughes, a finalist for the NSW Young Journalist of the Year category.

Our offices are currently closed but will reopen on Monday, 12 January.

If you would like to get in touch with us during the holiday period, please email [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

We will still have plenty of fresh content on our app during the holiday shutdown period as well as breaking news when it happens.

At the heart of everything we do at The Bugle is the local community.

It is our pleasure to tell the stories of the people and groups within this community which make it such a special place to live.

We look forward to doing so again in 2026 and hope you will again join us for the ride.