Business booms in Gilgandra CBD
As local stores arrive and expand, Gilgandra is bucking the discouraging trend of local main streets gradually fading. “It’s not by accident,” said Gilgandra Shire Council mayor Doug Batten. The …
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Western Plains patients to benefit from clinical cancer trial
PHOTO: Actor Samuel Johnson with Louise Mathieson of The Administration Agency and Dubbo Triple M breakfast radio announcer Chris ‘Matho’ Mathieson during his Dubbo visit. Much-loved Australian actor Samuel Johnson …
Tomingley Gold Mine reacts to calls for industry Parliamentary Inquiry
PHOTO: Tomingley Gold Mine. Image: Alkane Resources Alkane Resources CEO Nic Earner has told the Western Plains App he needs clarification on why a parliamentary inquiry into the industry is …
School student broadband initiative to expand
PHOTO: The initiative should see broadband in 30,000 households. (Supplied) A government initiative to help students access the internet outside of school has just been expanded, allowing more families to …
Gilgandra to address erosion before power pole plummet
Erosion at Gilgandra’s Biddon Creek has come to the end of the road, with nearby power lines at risk of exposure causing the Gilgandra Shire Council to urgently fund remediation …
Warren employers gather for roundtable
PHOTO: Attendees at the Warren Forum Following on from a Local Jobs and Skills Taskforce Meeting held in Warren recently, the Taskforce Chairperson Bronwyn Pearson was invited back to town …
Fentanyl use is highest in country NSW
PHOTO: Fentanyl. Image: Australian Government. About a year ago, David Farnsworth, from a town somewhere in the southern end of our region, had been prescribed oxycodone after a shoulder operation …
“Cruel and unkind”: Remaining Covid fines to be challenged in Supreme Court
Western Plains baker Brendan McNeil was on his way to work in October 2020. This was the peak period of the COVID spread and the height of COVID restrictions. It …
Bright young Coonabarabran Journalist snags award
PHOTO: Jimmy Whalan – Coonabarabran Times’ award winning storyteller I’m not sure about you, but when I left high school, I didn’t know a few things – how to dress …
Will Basin Plan delays send rivers down the drain?
PHOTO: NSW Nature Conservation Council CEO Jacqui Mumford is just one leader of major conservation groups who warn delaying the Basin Plan would risk terrible damage to the environment. “We …
Every day matters
Parents and carers are being called on to build better school attendance habits in their children and young people as schools struggle to regain regular attendance after COVID. After Term …
Listening to locals for Basin Plan Inquiry
PHOTO: Productivity Commission’s associate commissioner Chris Guest at Warren last week The Productivity Commission has been on the road for over a month, holding public forums for its inquiry into …