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All Community coverage from the TSCB Desk.
Police have shifted the fatal Buderim unit fire investigation into an evidence-testing phase after the death of 21-year-old Isabella Nicholls at a King Street unit blaze.
New Sunshine Coast dog access rules came into effect on 3 July, changing where dogs can be exercised across beaches, rocky foreshores, sports fields and selected environment reserves.
Sunshine Coast Health is urging regular testing after local syphilis cases more than doubled, with 95 cases recorded last year compared with 38 in 2022.
Pomona's long-running push for safer town-centre streets has moved into a more practical phase, with detailed design completed for Factory Street improvements and the wider town-centre design nearing finalisation.
Maleny's Maple Street upgrade is moving into delivery after Sunshine Coast Council appointed Kuluin-based Disc Landscapes to carry out the streetscape works.
Dicky Beach IGA owner Shane Kensett has helped push a statewide petition on tougher youth bail laws into state politics, with Sunshine Coast MPs backing the call.
This year's regional volunteer awards shortlist runs across surf clubs, neighbourhood centres and disaster response groups, sketching a quiet portrait of how the Coast actually holds together.
The hinterland is not a backdrop to the coast. It is a set of towns with their own economies, pressures and stories that deserve consistent attention.
A welcome of sorts. If you have just moved here, this is the context that takes most newcomers a year or two to absorb.
Parks, libraries, pools and community centres do quiet, important work. This is how we plan to give them the coverage they deserve.