Minister moves to sort out opal mining mess
PHOTO: Minister for Natural Resources Courtenay Housson with MLC Stephen Lawrence and Barwon MP Roy Butler in Lightning Ridge on Tuesday By Lyn Jablonski Just a week after hundreds of …
A bucking big weekend
PHOTO: The stands were full throughout the afternoon and jam packed as the finals and shootouts rolled around on Saturday night. "Massive… Just massive." President of Coonamble Rodeo and Campdraft, …
RV Rotarians to the rescue
PHOTO: Coonamble Rotary Club secretary Emily Ryan shows Barry Hacker and the other RV Fellowship of Rotary members the books bought with last year’s donation. THE mammoth task of feeding …
‘Old school’ soil pit field days
PHOTO: Local farmers get down and dirty at a soil field day held in March 2023 at ‘Lanauria’ Gulargambone. KEEN to know more about what’s under your feet? With an …
MTM-FM crowned Community-run Business of the Year
PHOTO: Josh Wrench presented Robyn Hull with the award. Volunteers at Coonamble's Community Radio Inc. were ecstatic to be named best community-run business of the year at the 2023 District …
Swannys Foods is 2023 Best Retail/Wholesale business
PHOTO: Rachael Buckley, Shane Swanny and Bre Roworth were delighted with their win. SWANNY’S Foods Coonamble has added another accolade to their already long list with the title of Best …
I.T. ‘guru’ wins Professional & Business Services award
PHOTO: Alan Dodd and Tracey Harvey celebrate their well- earned win. COONAMBLE’s top IT (information technology) man, Alan Dodd at Castlereagh Electrical and Rural IT Solutions, has won best Professional …
Five weeks of work to fix Oxley Highway
PHOTO: It is estimated it will take five weeks to repair flood-damaged causeways on the Oxley Highway Six kilometres of the Oxley Highway between Warren and Gilgandra was closed due …