Council votes to buy iconic main street hotel
PHOTO: A monument in the Coonamble main street, the Sons of the Soil Hotel (SOTS) may finally change hands following months of back and forth. (PHOTO: The historic building photographed …
Man assaulted in broad daylight
PHOTO: A man was attacked with a knife during an altercation in a carpark just off the Castlereagh Highway in Coonamble on Monday morning. Just after 11am on Monday 23 …
Keeping well in Coonamble
PHOTO: Gloria Janissen, Maddi Ward and Raquel Pickering at the Community Wellbeing Day last week. The Coonamble Community Wellbeing event held on 19 October at Macdonald Park had a strong …
Council invests in Dolly’s literacy project
PHOTO: Sharon Single and her daughter with Shire Librarian Raquel Pickering and one of the books gifted by Dolly Parton's Imagination Library project in 2022. PHOTO SUPPLIED. The future of …
Council adjusts local purchasing policy
Local businesses have welcomed Coonamble Shire Council's changes to their Local Preference Purchasing Policy approved at the meeting on Wednesday 17 October 2023. Coonamble Chamber of Commerce, Conex Services and …
Robyn reflects on 25 years of community broadcasting
PHOTO: Robyn Hull is the last foundation broadcaster with Coonamble Community Radio who is still on air. As the party on 18 November draws near, local volunteer broadcaster Robyn Hull …
Finding a way for farmers to manage risk
Confidence in agricultural commodities for the upcoming season has fallen, according to a recent survey, as farmers are urged to prepare for risk ahead amid an El Nino summer. Despite …
Togetherness Index falls for third year running
Perhaps not such a surprise in the aftermath of The Voice Referendum, but data just released shows that more than two fifths of Australians feel the country is more divided than …