Another chilly night of netball
Photo: Naylor (LOL) leaps across the court, with teammates and oppostition hot on his heels. Monday night 30 June saw our social netballers play their last games before a two …
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Rain interrupts Tuesday bowls
Photo: Sue Albert playing a forehand draw shot. On Tuesday 24 June rain stopped bowls with water still on the green and unable to soak away by game time. However, …
Wanted man captured in Coonamble after police pursuit
Police have arrested a man over an alleged public shooting in Dubbo following a car chase that ended at Coonamble. Police say they tried to stop a vehicle travelling over …
Quambone residents flag tyre fire risk
Photo: Quambone residents Jess McKeown, Narelle Stacey and Nigel Hayden near the stack of tyres. Quambone residents say they're sitting on a fire hazard while at least two hundred tyres …
Gulargambone youth program ends
The Regional Enterprise Development Institute (REDI.E) has been forced to end its Indigenous Youth Support (IYS) program in Gulargambone from Friday 27 June. One concerned Gulargambone resident has raised the …
‘Disability confidence’ training for potential employers
Photo: Nom Mutseriwa and her son Washe, Amanda Nixon and Federica Vona from St Vincent de Paul. St Vincent de Paul Society has a new ground-breaking program to help people …
110 years of Coonamble Rugby League: Part 10Bears’ most successful decade – 1990s
1991 1st Grade PremiersStanding: Robert Andriske (Coach), Michael Drummond, Allan Leonard, Damian McKeown, Scott Edwards, Shane Smith, Greg Hughes, Barry EdwardsFront: Jody Pennell, Darren Canham, Brian Mulholland, Duncan Ward, Joe …
New tobacco retailing regulations start this week
All retailers and wholesalers in New South Wales who wish to sell tobacco, or non-tobacco smoking products, now must apply for a licence as part of the NSW Government’s Tobacco …
Homelessness is out inthe open
PHOTO: Paul Welsh and his partner were living in a tent in Coonamble when the Times visited them on 20 June. The plight of the homeless is becoming starkly obvious, …