Council backs community groups
PHOTO: Coonamble Pony Club Secretary Di Pennell at their Clubhouse at Coonamble Showground. FOLLOWING the Coonamble Shire Council's June meeting, six community groups will receive a share of around $40,000 …
Chasing the dollars for cancer charity
PHOTO: Steve, Toby, Fergus, Amity, Paddy and Harry Chase The Chase Family of Tottenham will be needing some good warm beanies this winter after shaving their hair for Cancer last …
Trangie farmer wows audience at major Murray Darling Basin river conference
PHOTO: The Trangie-Never Irrigation Scheme. Image: Trangie-Nevertire Co-operative Limited. They so often exist in tension with each other, but a Trangie farmer has created a system which benefits both crops and the …
End of an era in Narromine as ag machinery removed from Rotary Park
PHOTO: John with the Allis Chalmers, McCormick Deering 15-30 and Hart Parr tractors on his Narromine property. Narromine’s Rotary Park looks and feels a little empty following the removal of several …
From Brewarrina Foster Care to OAM
Image: ABC. The older you get, the more you start to understand the way life can take some remarkable twists and turns. Sean Gordon’s journey to receiving his Order of …
Masculinity and men’s health
With Men’s Health Week just concluding for 2023, Charles Sturt Academic Dr. Ndungi wa Mungai, a senior lecturer in Social Work has penned his thoughts on what this may mean …
Lachlan Shire “setting sail” to Waste to Art
PHOTO: The unique “Setting Sail” by Eryn Mullins took out the Open 3D award and will be heading to Blayney Shire for the final exhibition of Waste 2 Art. While …
Bourke’s Michael Amos honoured for his life-saving work
Not all heroes wear capes – sometimes, they carry fire hoses. Michael Amos joined the Rural Fire Service after hearing an advertisement on his local community radio in 1995. Now …
Young joyriders behind spike in vehicle theft
PHOTO: Juvenile joyriders are believed to be driving our region’s car theft rates higher There has been an extraordinary rise in car thefts this year across the Western Plains App, …