CWA launches koala conservation program
For more than 100 years, the Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW has tackled significant issues and now they have turned their focus to koala conservation. The state’s largest rural …
Regional building blocks need urgent attention – RAI
Community leaders in the west have backed calls by the Regional Australia Institute (RAI) which say the fundamental building blocks to support inland growth need serious attention. The RAI released …
Irrigation reprieve after heavy rains
PHOTO: Heavy rains lashing Coonamble on 4 December. IMAGE: River McCrossen The Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) says irrigator demand for water allocation has dropped following widespread rainfall and storms …
The return of the Warren Bulldogs
PHOTO: Castlereagh League secretary Bryson Luff, Warren Bulldogs President Brett Brouff, and Castlereagh board member Peter Hazelton. Photo: supplied. The Warren Bull Dog’s men’s and women’s League Tag team are …
FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK
I am pleased to present to you my Mayoral report for December 2024. Country Mayors Association meeting On Friday 15 November the General Manager and I attended the Annual General …
Major injection for region’s drug & alcohol services
The NSW government pledged on Tuesday 3 December $10.4 million to provide people in Western NSW with a range of specialist alcohol and drug treatment and post-custodial support services. The …
State government removes red-tape speed bump for regional patients
It's a clunky acronym but the government's IPTAAS - Isolated Patients Travel & Accommodation Assistance Scheme - will be familiar to many who have gone down the long and expensive …
Knife crimes on notice
New laws will allow for police to use metal detectors, also referred to as 'wands', to stop and scan individuals suspected of carrying knives came into effect on Monday 9 …
Cyclist sentenced for peddling with meth
A 28-year-old Coonamble man avoided jail on Monday 16 December after he was arrested with around $4000 worth of methamphetamine in March. Police in a vehicle spotted Justin Worrell riding …