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Coonamble gets lit!
PHOTO: Local crews are working to complete an upgrade of highway and street lighting in towns around the district as part of a major project to install L.E.D lighting. By …
Workforce woes continue
PHOTO: Jenny and Scott Richardson, who own the Bucking Bull Hotel, are among multiple local business owners having a difficult time finding new staff. By OLIVER BROWN THOUGH it has …
New Counsellor on duty at AMS
COONAMBLE’s locally-delivered mental health services experienced a setback in 2020 with the departure of Counsellor Ginny Taylor and later Psychologist Stephanie Ryan from Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service (CAHS) but a …
Mouse Plague affecting local businesses
By Oliver BrownTHOUGH 2020 is now behind us, the ongoing mouse infestation is still plaguing local businesses with some now calling for council or government assistance. The mice have been …
Taken by storm
(PHOTO: Mia Nalder, Coonamble Weir) The storm that passed through the district last Thursday 3 December didn’t last long but it left a trail of devastation in its wake tearing …
Celebrate the end of harvest with Adam Harvey at the Armatree
This Saturday 28 November, it’s time to celebrate a return to live music events with a gig at the Armatree Hotel. Multiple ARIA Award-winning country singer Adam Harvey will be …
Broken windows cost local Parish
A SPATE of broken windows at the Anglican Church in Coonamble is causing the local Parish grief. There have been three separate window-breaking incidents at the Church in the last …
Local story, local faces in a short film with big ambitions
PRODUCER and actor Joshua McElroy hopes that his first professionally-produced short film ‘Mary’ will take his grandfather’s story, about his relationship with his horse and the land in a time …
Western Slopes Pipeline back on the agenda
IMAGE: https://www.apa.com.au/about-apa/our-projects/western-slopes-pipeline/pipeline-route/ AFTER a hiatus of almost two years as they awaited the approval of the Narrabri Gas Project, APA has confirmed that they will now be progressing development of …
Speaking up for the Castlereagh
A HANDFUL of residents along the Coonamble end of the Castlereagh River linked in to a live webinar run by the Department of Primary Industries and Environment (DPIE) last Friday …
Trainer Danny Williams returns to Coonamble
By KEA BROWNING This year’s Coonamble Gold Cup races were a not-so-minor success for Coonamble-born racehorse trainer Danny Williams. Mr Williams won the Baradine Cup with the horse My Blue …