Still here! Local celebrations planned for Small Business Month
• PHOTO: Local business owners Sandra Ralston and Anita Murray after a fun night at the 2019 business event. March is Small Business Month in NSW and this year the …
Coonamble boxing hits the right spots for local youths
PHOTO: Coonamble youngsters Dane Collett and Jeremiah Thurston take boxing pointers from local trainer Lindsey Kennedy. A couple of weeks into the start of his local boxing program, Lindsey Kennedy …
Lightning Ridge local makes finals for Regional Woman of the Year
“I stand on the shoulders of giants,” said a humbled Rebel Black when asked about her nomination for the NSW Regional Woman of the Year Award. Lightning Ridge-based entrepreneur wears …
Coonamble Children’s Services
• PHOTO: Blue room kids colouring in bees. Red Room PancakesRed room made pancakes on Tuesday to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, which marks the day before the beginning of ‘Lent’. The …
Catholic Schools Week
PHOTO: This year's Catholic Schools Week focuses on the spirit of community. Catholic Schools Week is being celebrated across the Bathurst diocese between 13-19 March. The theme for 2022 is …
Free menstrual products for NSW public schools
PHOTO: NSW Government announces free menstrual hygiene products will soon be made available in public schools. Yesterday (8 March) is International Women’s Day and the NSW Government has gone where …
Coonamble cattle clean up at Canberra Show
• PHOTO: Youth and enthusiasm make for a successful show for Coonamble High’s Bovine Appreciation Club members. (This is a 2021 news story) An extremely young, and green, but very …
Batterline mark a milestone with 100 machines
• PHOTO: Three generations of Ralstons - Brendon, Milton and Milla - welcome the arrival of a new Caterpillar roller which is Fleet number 100 for Batterline Earthmoving. The company …
Shearer shortage sends wages skyrocketing
• PHOTO: Quality Wool’s Will Redington with Gular sheep farmers Greg and Rosanne Standfield. Greg and Rosanne are fortunate to get a reliable supply of local shearers but acknowledge many …