Gilgandra to address erosion before power pole plummet
Erosion at Gilgandra’s Biddon Creek has come to the end of the road, with nearby power lines at risk of exposure causing the Gilgandra Shire Council to urgently fund remediation …
Warren employers gather for roundtable
PHOTO: Attendees at the Warren Forum Following on from a Local Jobs and Skills Taskforce Meeting held in Warren recently, the Taskforce Chairperson Bronwyn Pearson was invited back to town …
Fentanyl use is highest in country NSW
PHOTO: Fentanyl. Image: Australian Government. About a year ago, David Farnsworth, from a town somewhere in the southern end of our region, had been prescribed oxycodone after a shoulder operation …
“Cruel and unkind”: Remaining Covid fines to be challenged in Supreme Court
Western Plains baker Brendan McNeil was on his way to work in October 2020. This was the peak period of the COVID spread and the height of COVID restrictions. It …
Bright young Coonabarabran Journalist snags award
PHOTO: Jimmy Whalan – Coonabarabran Times’ award winning storyteller I’m not sure about you, but when I left high school, I didn’t know a few things – how to dress …
Will Basin Plan delays send rivers down the drain?
PHOTO: NSW Nature Conservation Council CEO Jacqui Mumford is just one leader of major conservation groups who warn delaying the Basin Plan would risk terrible damage to the environment. “We …
Calling potential pilots to Coonamble
PHOTO: The Vallett family check out the planes on display at an earlier Open Day at Coonamble Airport. AVIATION enthusiasts and prospective pilots are invited to the Coonamble Aerodrome on …
Coonamble, the C.D.E.P. and ‘Crossing Cultures
PHOTO: Barbara Jackson now lives in Melbourne where she spent the long pandemic lockdown piecing together her book: ‘Crossing Cultures’. IT’S NOT every day that your town appears in a …
Every day matters
Parents and carers are being called on to build better school attendance habits in their children and young people as schools struggle to regain regular attendance after COVID. After Term …