Multi-agency offensive against Hudson Pear continues
PHOTO: Local landholders and agency staff continue to search, find and treat Hudson Pear. PHOTO SUPPLIED. THE notorious Hudson Pear continues to rear its ugly head in the eastern parts …
Bears girls get the claws out for Round 6
PHOTO: Tori Canham clings to the tag of a Gilgandra panther as she sprints downfield. (Photo by: Steven Basham) By THELMA LEONARD AFTER two weeks off, the Coonamble Bears travelled …
Bears go down at Gilgandra
PHOTO: Justin Mogg, Mitch Nalder and Jack Barrett combined to take down a Panther. (Photo by: Steven Basham) THE Coonamble Bears travelled to Gilgandra last Saturday with the hopes of …
Top of the table clash at Netball
PHOTO: A big night out at Netball with a few key matchups like this top of the table clash between Fernettos and Ball Busters A FEW close games in round …
Ovine Bovine Grapevine
WELL it's not the brightest period we've seen for weather or livestock prices! With mixed messages coming in from processors and market analysts it's becoming very difficult to predict what …
Hear this! Joey Gordan wins TAFE awards
PHOTO: Brewarrina’s Joey Gordon has received Excellence Awards for his studies in hearing health. The winner of a prestigious TAFE NSW award has vowed to use it to help “close …
Metro-made curriculum misses the mark for rural students
A new study has shed light on why non-rural and remote students tend to do better than rural and remote students at school. The study of NSW year 12 students …
King’s Birthday honours make a star out of Donna the Astronomer
PHOTO: Astronomer, Donna Burton from Coonabarabran was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the King’s Birthday Honours List Life-long star-gazer and accomplished astronomer and scientist, Donna Burton …
NAB bails out of Western Plains
PHOTO: Gilgandra NAB is just one of three local branches to close in August. Here one day, gone the next, that seems to be the trend with banks across the …