Coona Sky Run officially opens
PHOTO: Kodi Brady with his ‘Metal Art Screen’ along the Warrambul Warruwi Sky River Path. IMAGE: supplied Coonabarabran community leaders hope for greater cultural connections and tourism after they celebrated …
5G drop outs leave Western Plains on hold
Image: Telstra. Promises of improved mobile phone coverage since last year’s 5G network upgrade have not eventuated, according to local shires across the Western Plains. Australia’s 3G networks were decommissioned …
Body found in search for missing woman at Lightning Ridge
Police say they found the body believed to belong to a 78-year-old woman reported missing in Lightning Ridge over the weekend. Angela Kranz was last reported seen between 8.30am and …
CHS to join Pulse Alive performance
PHOTO: Teresa Phillips from the Rotary with dancers Jurnee Smith, Kalarni Slacksmith, Cadence Molloy, Mylah Wels, Sharna Blattman, Annabelle Grosse, and Kiyara Lacrosse and instructor Anna Kennedy. The Pulse Alive …
Suspicious fires near primary school
PHOTO: Firefighting on Monday 17 March near Coonamble Public School. Emergency services have extinguished a series of suspicious grass fires along the Castlereagh River since the weekend. At t least …
POLICE BEAT
A car, a motorbike, and a lawnmower are some items on the list of property that have been stolen in Coonamble since the start of this year. On the morning …
Gular’s councillors of tomorrow
PHOTO: Alyssa Lincoln, Kayden Pampling, Claire Fisher, and Crystal Rodda gear up for a tough debate. Gulargambone Central School student councillors got a feeling for what it was like to …
Baradine Show kicks back into gear
PHOTO: Warrumbungle Shire Mayor, Cr Kathryn Rindfleish presented life memberships to Baradine P.A & H volunteers; Allan Hotchkiss, Brett Worrell, Natalie Varty, Phil Hensby, Fiona Hensby, Kathryn Rindfleish, Stephen Coe, …
Landholders on alert for Parthenium with outbreaks on shire boundary
PHOTO: Parthenium found in Walgett shire in the recent outbreak. Image: Andrea Fletcher. Coonamble is on high alert for Parthenium weed after 308 mature plants spread across 22 sites were …