The colour purple: DV Remembrance Day
Photo: Picnic-goers painted a fingernail purple to start a conversation on domestic violence on Wednesday 7 May. It was a purple-powered event in Smith Park on National Domestic Violence Remembrance …
“We hear you”: Council moves to improve after community satisfaction plummets
‘The residents of Coonamble have spoken and we have listened.’ That is the message from Council following their April meeting when a report on the results of a 2024 community …
Motorheads seek land for track
Photo: Emmett Norris riding an unofficial dirt bike track on the outskirts of Coonamble. Members of Coonamble’s new motocross club have an eye on public land for an official track …
Health authorities warn of early peak and higher rates of influenza this season
PHOTO: Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service nurse Wendy Copelin injects Times reporter River McCrossen with his influenza vaccine. Local health practitioners are urging residents to take the jab as flu season …
Rocky time for Magometon Quarry
PHOTO: Frustrations are surfacing among customers and councillors around ongoing disruptions to operations of the council-owned Magometon Quarry. Disruptions to operations at the Magometon Quarry have left customers from around …
Flying high at Marthaguy
PHOTO: (L-R): President of the Marthaguy Picnic Race Club, Simon Turnbull, Jockey Paul Zerafa with ‘Indivdualist’, Trainer Connie Greig, and sponsor Damien and Hannah O’Brien. On Saturday 10 May punters …
Rare Regent Honeyeater sighting
PHOTO: The image of a critically endangered Regent Honeyeater feeding on White Box blossoms in the Pilliga Forest taken by birdo May Whittall. Birdwatchers and conservationists alike are buzzing with …
Koonambil takes on social isolation
PHOTO: Koonambil Aged Care interim CEO Paul Rosenquist and resident Julie Gugala. Koonambil leader Paul Rosenquist wants volunteers to get chatting with residents to ward off social isolation at the …