New faces at Team Koonambil
• PHOTO: New staff at Koonambil - Alanna Hall, Nina Knox and Kim Cohen. THIS week the team at Koonambil welcomed some new faces in their administration section as the …
Narromine local wins Woman of the Year award
PHOTO: NSW Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor, Sally Everett (middle) and Member for Dubbo Dougald Saunders. Image: NSW Nationals. 2023 Dubbo Electorate Woman of the Year Sally Everett from Narromine has told …
School attendance rates significantly down across region
PHOTO: Image: Pixabay. School attendance around the region is in free-fall the Western Plains App can reveal. Data analysis by the Western Plains App shows that all schools access region …
Warning for Warrumbungle wanderers
PHOTO: New laws will consider wandering stock to be “abandoned property” Almost a year ago, Warrumbungle Shire Council publicly urged stock owners to stay alert and ensure their livestock was …
Youth engagement gets a boost at Warren
PHOTO: Cooking lessons are a hit at for participants in the Warren Youth Support Group. Two new youth engagement officers will be employed at the Warren Youth Support Group, boosting …
Pilliga predator outfoxed by flood
PHOTO: The last image of Rambo caught in the camera in October 2022. (image AWC) A fenced safe haven in the Pilliga Forest has been declared predator free. A frustrating …
Closing fuel station an “insult” to Trangie residents
PHOTO: Narromine Shire Council Mayor, Craig Davies labelled the closed Trangie fuel station as an “eyesore”. Three months without local access to fuel has been a tough gig for Trangie …
Inland waterways claim 900 lives in a decade
PHOTO: Forty per cent of those drowning in inland waterways are within 20 kms of their homes. Inland waterways account for more than a third of drowning deaths in Australia …
Report card for Murray-Darling Basin Plan not great, but there are positives
PHOTO: The latest Murray–Darling Basin Plan Report has received mixed reactions. A huge part of the local Western Plains environment, the Murray–Darling Basin is the largest and most complex river …