Brewarrina’s Ochre Ribbon Run
PHOTO: Running for an end to domestic violence. Ochre Ribbon Week is an indigenous-led campaign that runs annually and this year covered 12 to 19 February, drawing on new ways to raise …
Emergency declared for fires near Girilambone and Coolabah
PHOTO: Another large fire burning near Girilambone has triggered a Section 44 emergency response. Two fires are now burning along the stretch between Girilambone to Byrock with firefighters battling to …
How to make your food budget stretch
PHOTO: There are things you can try to help beat the price squeeze. Specials, freezers and double checking the use-by-dates on foods can help get you through rising cost of …
How great thou ART
PHOTO: Local Artists on Bogan River The Bogan River took on a different look this past weekend with a group of local art enthusiasts taking to the riverbanks for a …
Local schools in top ten short-staffed
PHOTO: Brewarrina Central School had a reported 54% teacher vacancy rate in 2022 Alarmingly, the Western Plains region is the home of three of the top ten understaffed school in …
Coonamble Preschool learns fire safety
• PHOTO: Having a go at the fire truck’s hoses was a big hit amoungst the children. Last week at Coonamble Pre School our preschool children were extremely busy engaging …
Coonamble Public School ReadUP! Excursion
• PHOTO: CPS students worked with other sister schools during their visit to Granville East Public School. At the end of 2019 CPS was successful in obtaining a grant to …
Man rescued from burning building in Lightning Ridge
PHOTO: Senior Constable Brody Whiting, Leading Senior Constable Drew Midson, Detective Senior Constable Mathew Huckle and Detective Sergeant John Rowland Four police officers are being praised for the rescue of …
Art, sport and community spirit in Warren
Image: Warren Shire council. New sculptures designed to “Add a bit of interest, variety, vitality, to give funding to local businesses during the drought” have been erected in Warren. The …