Pilliga gas project gets the go-ahead
By KEA BROWNING PHOTO CREDIT: Lock the Gate, copyright D. Sewell At 9am on Wednesday 30 September, the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC) announced their approval of the controversial Narrabri …
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Reduced speed zone proposed for sections of highway
THE LONG-STANDING issue of how to improve traffic flow at the intersection of the Castlereagh Highway and Coonamble’s main street was back on the table at Council’s meeting on September …
Bears squeeze into Semi-Finals
WITH a win over Binnaway last Saturday the Bears consolidated fourth spot in the Castlereagh competition and a spot in the semi-fianl for the season 2020. (Albeit with only two …
Part of the local good life
REMEMBER when Coonamble used to have large gatherings of humans? In the pre-COVID world small groups of people would devise an activity to entertain themselves and others, they’d pick a …
Stamped! Gulargambone’s ‘Lucky Dip’ is in the mail
PUBLIC ART doesn’t just put a place on the map – it can also put it in the post. A new commemorative stamp issue was released on Monday 7 September …
‘Scarred’ exhibition coincides with surge in demand for local Indigenous art
COONAMBLE artist Kevin ‘Sooty’ Welsh is reaping the rewards of his commitment to his creative work as his latest exhibition puts him in the right place at the right time …
Dealing with supply chain disruptions
By KEA BROWNING PHOTO: Tim O’Neill is the Store Manager at Cant Bros Home Timber & Hardware. He says that electrical goods like power tools are getting harder to stock. …
Armani Gives Back
By KEA BROWNING ARMANI Dixon is nine years old. She loves basketball, soccer and art. Armani goes to St Brigid’s Catholic School and lives on a sheep farm near Combara, …
More jobs than people as western NSW becomes the land of opportunity
Unemployment in the Orana Far West region has hit historic lows – making recruitment more difficult for businesses striving to recover from the double-whammy of drought and COVID-19. While low …
The mystery of the ‘Mighty Mallet’
CALLING all amateur sleuths and detectives….An old wooden mallet was handed in to the Coonamble Times on Wednesday 29 July by Pilliga district resident Austyn McDowell.It is roughly 22 centimetres …
New partners hands-on in abattoir preparations
Agents, buyers and sellers at last Thursday’s cattle sale welcomed some new faces on the catwalk – representing the Castlereagh Regional Abattoir. It has been almost exactly twenty years since …
Record registrations for Narrabri Gas Project public hearings
The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) Panel on the first day of the hearings. SOURCE: IPC Twitter. THE controversial Narrabri Gas Project has drawn so many community responses that the NSW …