Primed for podcasting
• PHOTO: Presenter Ian Crouch delivers the low down on podcasting to local volunteer radio presenters. A HANDFUL of local community radio volunteers are now armed with new skills and …
Lightning Ridge and Walgett medical services to close
PHOTO: RARMS will be holding a community forum next Monday to discuss the current rural health crisis, the flow-on impact of the loss of GP services, and strategies to address …
Teachers take further strike action
• PHOTO: State school teachers striking in 2021 for the first time in decades. Today’s strike will see even more teachers participate. TEACHERS from Coonamble Public School and Coonamble High …
Rural roads remain top priority
• PHOTO: Rural ratepayer Rob Harris made a strong presentation to Council about the state of rural roads. WITH council soon to set their budget for the coming financial year …
State ministers pop in to Bourke
PHOTO: Deputy Premier Paul Toole (middle right), Minister for Regional Health Bronnie Talyor (third left) and Minister for Western NSW Dugald Saunders (middle left) visited Bourke Shire Council during a …
Change ahead for Rural Financial Counselling
• PHOTO: The Rural Financial Counselling Service in the Central Region has supported agriculture businesses through drought and flood. The Central Region will be under new management from 1 July …
Sharing stories of on-farm renewables
• PHOTO: This hydrogen-powered trailer will be demonstrating at the Renewables in Ag Conference in Dubbo on 18 May. (This is a 2021 news story) RENEWABLE energy and its various …
Macquarie River Region ranks high in Water Compliance Rates
• ABOVE: Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) Officers conducting a site inspection with a water user. PHOTO COURTESY OF NRAR. (This is a 2021 news story) THE Macquarie River region …
CHS to set up ‘King Street College’
• ABOVE: Executive Principal Stewart Vidler and current co-Deputy Principal Paul Cleary at the high school farm which will be expanded into an alternate learning centre in Term 3 this …