Bushfire danger season declared early
PHOTO: One that could easily have got away. Photo taken from Railway Street, Coonamble looking north. By LAURA WILLIAMS A FAST-SPREADING fire on the northern edge of west Coonamble on …
Coming soon … a theatre near you
PHOTO: Consultant Justine Campbell and Outback Arts Executive Director Jamie-Lea Trindall are leading the push to revive the legacy left by former owner Chris Gray and bring the Plaza Theatre …
Brigidines will return to celebrate 140 years
PHOTO: The Australian Brigidine Pioneers. L-R Back: Mary Catherine Bergin, Mary de Sales Maher & Mary Stanislaus Hayden. L-R Front: Mary Ignatius Fitzpatrick, Mary John Synan & Mary Gertrude Banahan …
Sharing stories and wearing purple
PHOTO: Guest speaker Diane Harris with Coonamble Sergeant and GLLO/LGBTIQ+ (Gay and Lesbian Liason Officer), Ben Tatton. EVERY year on 25 August, is a time to encourage our communities LGBTIA+ …
Coonamble Court Report: 21-23 August
Coonamble Local Court: Monday 21 August to Wednesday 23 August 30 month sentence for trigger fingerThe man responsible for firing off a rogue gunshot in Coonamble in August last year …
Freak accident on Baradine Road
claims a life
A 44 year old man has passed away following a motor vehicle crash 25 kilometres east of Coonamble along the Baradine Road at around 7 pm on Friday 25 August. …
Emergency vehicles mobile blackspot-proof
Of all the critiques of the mobile blackspots that exist in rural Australia, safety is the biggest concern. New technology installed in emergency vehicles could change the stakes. Over 1,300 …
Stroke Week: Narromine Hospital Auxiliary donation helps patients
PHOTO: Julie Davis, centre, also volunteers with the Narromine Lions Club with her husband, Bob Davis, left. Mr Davis received the Melvin Jones Fellowship from Lions District Governor Geoff Freudenstein …