Lightning Ridge Easter Extravaganza
PHOTO: Last years Easter Sunday Float was one of the highlights of the annual Easter festival Make sure there’s fuel in your car and coins in your wallet before you …
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Community collaboration cuts youth crime in Bourke
PHOTO: Learning breathing techniques for snorkelling was part of Bourke PCYC’s “Breath for Life” program Property crime at Bourke was reduced by 52 per cent over the summer school holiday …
Calls for better data on regional roads deaths
Image: AAA. Australians in sparsely populated rural and regional areas are about five times more likely to die in road crashes than those in urban areas, according to the peak …
Statewide mobile phone ban in public schools
PHOTO: NSW Premier has ordered mobile phones out of the classroom. IMAGE: Centre for Independent Studies Newly elected NSW Premier Chris Minns is following up on an election promise by …
New equestrian centre putting Warren on the map
PHOTO: Jo O’Brien, Ashlee Lance, Rachel Maclean, Ben Egan, Eleanor Egan, Katherine Barclay. Equestrian enthusiasts throughout the region will be pleased to learn that work on the Western Plains Equestrian …
Lachlan Shire take possession of Melrose Medical Centre
PHOTO: The Melrose Medical Centre in Condobolin has now been repossessed by the Council after breaches of the lease by Brenshaw Medical. Last Friday afternoon, 31 March 2023 Lachlan Shire …
Close call for Brewarrina supermarket
PHOTO: The job of Fire & Rescue was made easy by the quick-thinking owner. The quick response of the grocery store owner and local fire crews has saved the store …
Welcome to Walgett and the Ridge!
PHOTO: Blake Reavell and Alana Douglas draw and present lucky door prize LR Monopoly game to student Charlie On March 20, the Lightning Ridge Rotary Club held one of two …
Trades “more valuable” than professions
PHOTO: Trade qualified people can earn more than university graduates, especially in the short term. The CEO of RDA Orana has made it clear she thinks our community has got …
Kangaroos no longer get the boot
PHOTO: Kangaroo leather was recently banned by two international sporting goods companies. Oregon in the United States is a long way from the Western Plains, but earlier this year a …
Local horse sizzles in Randwick upset
PHOTO: Galloper Sizzle Minizzle upset the bookies by taking out the Country Championship Finals at Randwick last weekend. Tipsters didn’t give him a chance but Dubbo galloper Sizzle Minizzle put in a …
Gardens and music to reinvigorate Gilgandra
PHOTO: The Gilgandra Community Garden is powering ahead with new funding. An idea to re-activate the local community after excessive rain and Covid isolation, was the topic of conversation for …