All geared up for the 2023 Gold Cup
PHOTO: Entrants in the 2022 Fashions on the Field: Evelyn Hampton, Jay Ewers, Judy Canham and Mary Skuthorp. It's all systems go for the 2023 Coonamble Gold Cup and Coonamble …
Operation Regional Mongoose cracking down on youth crime
PHOTO: Acting Western Region Commander, Superintendent Bob Noble addressed the media outside of Dubbo Police Station on Wednesday 17 September “Concerning” youth crime has been identified as an area of …
Increase in speed limit for Kidman Way
The speed limit on a stretch of Kidman Way has been upgraded to match the rest of the highway after a local council sought an increase to the 100km/h zone. …
Councils take health into their own hands
Last week mayors from across regional NSW met for the Country Mayors’ Association of NSW inaugural Rural and Regional Health Forum, joined by health leaders and politicians to discuss the …
Welcoming babies to Bourke
PHOTO: The Welcome Baby to Bourke Ceremony Day is “incredibly important” said Pat Canty from WNSWLHD. An initiative to welcome babies born away from Bourke back into the region has …
Calls for excavation of suspected hidden Indigenous graves
PHOTO: The Kinchela Boys Home was run by the NSW Government for almost 50 years Earlier this month, The Guardian reported multiple potential ‘clandestine’ burials on the former Kinchela Aboriginal Boys’ Training …
Eight straight: Craig Davies re-elected as Narromine Shire Mayor
Craig Davies is embarking on his eighth year as Mayor of Narromine Shire after being elected unopposed last week on September 13. Councillor Dawn Collins was also elected unopposed as …
Lightning Ridge girl first to be enrolled in medical trial
PHOTO: Twelve year old Abby from Lightning Ridge is the first person enrolled in a new trial using phage therapy to treat a common cystic fibrosis infection. A new clinical …
Warning- high-dose MDMA tablet found
NSW Health has today issued a statewide public warning about a high-dose MDMA – often known as ‘ecstasy’ – tablet thought to be circulating in the state. The MDMA dose …