Vehicle sought after attempted theft of ATM
PHOTO: CCTV footage showed vehicle on right suspected of being involved in the crime. IMAGE: Central North Police Police are appealing for information as investigations continue into an attempted theft …
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Rainfall record-breaker for Lake Cargelligo
PHOTO: 2022 was wet, wet, wet for the Lachlan Shire Heavy rain and widespread flooding was the weather constant for NSW in 2022, with records broken in some areas for …
Pothole funding available from Wednesday
PHOTO: Councils have welcomed the injection of extra funds for pothole repair. Regional councils have welcomed the State Government’s commitment of a $500 million package as a fantastic start in …
Their ‘Vision’ for regional communities
PHOTO: NSW Government’s leaders announced a new ‘vision’ for regional communities in Dubbo on Friday 25th November. A ‘vision’ for regional NSW was announced by the Deputy Premier and Minister for …
‘Jaw-dropping’ mass carp spawning
PHOTO: An earlier carp explosion in the Macquarie in March 2011 was captured by Carinda resident Cheryl Yow. IMAGE: ABC Rural Irrigators have posted confronting footage on Twitter of mass …
Nyngan’s metal menagerie
PHOTO: This crew are on hand to welcome you at Nyngan Showground. Bogan Shire Council has gone wild in the best sense of the word as a walk around Nyngan …
Two fatal crashes and over 1000 speeding charges in Western NSW over holiday period
Last year found the region as far as it has been from the grips of the pandemic since 2020, yet recent figures showing the 2022 road toll show that getting …
New national park north of Bourke
PHOTO: Brindingabba is the state’s newest national park. IMAGE: Joshua J Smith Photography, DPE The creation of Brindingabba National Park, formerly Brindingabba Station, has been hailed a significant win for …
Working to restore Bogan shire’s road network
PHOTO: Bogan Shire Council will carry out repairs to Merryanbone Road north of Nyngan this week. FLOODING and storm damage between September and December last year has impacted much of …
Holiday activities in hot demand in Cobar
PHOTO: Art workshops by the Pink Galah have been providing increasingly popular in Cobar. Cobar Shire may only have a population of just under 3,800 people in the 2021 Census …
Calls for Pandemic era fines to be scrapped
Community legal groups have made an impassioned call to have all remaining pandemic period fines for covid breaches withdrawn following a new report revealing how disadvantaged areas – including six …
Lachlan Shire celebrates safe “11 days of Christmas”
PHOTO: Using a mobile phone while driving is just one offence that attracts double demerit points over holiday periods. Across the Western Region, as everywhere in NSW, double demerit points …