The last draw before ‘the big one’
• PHOTO: Trish Butler with grandson Riley look forward to Christmas with a few extra presents this year! ERIN Chapman says she has never won anything and has been entering …
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Amazing Race to walk away from smoking
• PHOTO: Kym Lees, Jyo Raman, Elsie Manson and Jess Blattman participate in the Amazing Race. YOU may have noticed groups of locals in white shirts running around town last …
Priorities, promises but Gular pool still closed
• PHOTO: Happier days at Gulargambone Pool. Source: GCS facebook 2017 DESPITE setting a deadline of December 1, the Gulargambone pool is still yet to open for the summer. After …
Music in the mountains: the Bungle Rumble
• PHOTO: Headline act The Black Sorrows at the Bungle Rumble. THE Coonabarabran Showground was buzzing on Saturday 26 November as people from near and far gathered to soak up …
Lenore awarded for her warm welcome
• PHOTO: The most welcoming Lenore Green receives a trophy recognising her efforts on behalf of the Country Women’s Association. Congratulations Lenore! PRESIDENT of the CWA Coonamble Evening Branch, Lenore …
Community claims victory as pipeline project pulled
• PHOTO: Almost five years to the day the Coonamble community voted to continue the fight against the Western Slopes Pipeline, the project has been officially abandoned. CHRISTMAS has come …
Congratulations Lamahl Arrowsmith
• PHOTO: Coonamble Public School student Lamahl Arrowsmith proudly displays his Una May Smith scholarship certificate. (This is a 2021 news story) LAST week, Coonamble Public School were very proud …
Joe recognised with Life Membership
• PHOTO: Joe Bellgardt (second from left) pictured with the other four life members of Castlereagh League [L to R] Peter Hazelton (Gilgandra), Wayne Burgess (Coolah), Dean Leach (Warren) and …
Floodwaters rise … and hang
• PHOTO: Residents of Pages Terrace in Coonamble waited patiently for the water to reach the Gully. Last time this happened was April 2020. Kendall Milgate with her pop Anthony …
Blocked valves see streets flooded
PHOTO: Jan Wood, who lives on the corner of Yarran and McMahon Street, was less than impressed to find her front yard flooded. (This is a 2021 news story) THE …
Editor wins Spirit Award
• PHOTO: Editor of the Coonamble Times newspaper and Western Plains App, Lee O’Connor was featured in the Weekly Times and The Australian last week. (This is a 2021 news …
Local GP recognised
• PHOTO: Dr Nisha Padmanabhan Nair has been named GP Synergy Supervisor of the Year for Western NSW. (This is a 2021 news story) DR NISHA Padmanabhan Nair of Coonamble …