Resilient regional businesses defy failure rate
PHOTO: Emily Stanton of Nyngan receiving a Business Award early in 2024 Creditor Watch, the Australian credit reporting bureau, has released gloomy July results for its Business Risk Index (BRI) …
Bogan Bulls roar into Grand Finals
PHOTO: Nyngan’s first tri tag team has made it to the grand final. Photo supplied. The town of Nyngan is awash with Bogan Bulls fever as the Club is set …
Pollen corona stops locals in their tracks
The stunning spectacle of rare rainbow-coloured rings appearing around the sun last week was spotted by some excited community members in the region. The optical phenomenon, known as ‘pollen corona’ …
TAFE NSW celebrates 15 years of offering Indigenous people a policing pathway
PHOTO: Janaya Knight (front) with two of her fellow IPROWD students in Sydney this year. A participant in TAFE NSW’s Indigenous Police Recruitment Our Way Delivery (IPROWD) program from Bourke says …
Retiring councillors share parting thoughts
PHOTO: Outgoing Coonamble Shire councillors Terry Lees, Brian Sommerville, Pat Cullen, Tim Horan and Bill Fisher. Five councillors have chosen not to stand in this year's election - Tim Horan, …
New era calls for new team at MTM-FM
PHOTO: MTM-FM committee members Adamda Daneils, Robyn Hull, Keith Ryan and Bill Carroll. Coonamble’s community radio station is looking for new voices to join its committee as its AGM approaches …
New parent group starting soon
PHOTO: New Parent Group organisers Robyn Hull and Alex Barlett. New mothers will have a chance to swap stories this month when the Coonamble Community Health commences its second parent …
Father’s Day colour splash
PHOTO: Annette Chapman and Janis Nicol put some colour on Dan and Mack Smith. Locals made a muck of themselves on Father’s Day morning at the Coonamble Cancer Survival Fund’s …