Times team launches 140th Anniversary webpage
“History buffs and Coonamble Times supporters might be interested to take a look at our new webpage,” says Editor Lee O’Connor. “We wanted somewhere to bring our history together in …
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Catholic Schools Week 2025
PHOTO: Executive Director of Schools, Mrs Christina Trimble (Catholic Education Diocese of Bathurst). Catholic Schools Week is a time to celebrate the incredible value our schools bring to students, families, …
How to cast your vote
Sample white ballot paper Voting is well and truly underway in Parkes electorate with many pre polling centers open and many taking advantage of postal voting. With the official polling …
RAAF buzzes Baradine
Baradine experienced a louder than usual ANZAC Day service when an air force plane buzzed the main street. The PC-21 training bird flew about 150 metres directly above Lachlan Street …
‘See that ye hold fast the heritage we leave you…’
PHOTO: Nathan Walker, Wayne Thomas, Ian Tandy and Robert Stanley at the cenotaph at the 2025 ANZAC Day Dawn Service. Coonamble's ANZAC Day dawn service had a larger-than-usual turn-out this …
Veteran suicide in the spotlight
PHOTO: Retired air commodore Chris ‘Noddy’ Sawade drove from South Australia to speak to Gulargambone’s ANZAC Day. A retired air force veteran used his ANZAC Day speech in Gulargambone to …
Car rolls after hitting pig on highway
PHOTO: Wild pigs are proving more than a nuisance, as one driver found out last week on the Castlereagh Highway. The explosion of feral pigs in western NSW is taking …
Roads minister visits Coonamble
PHOTO: Transport for NSW Acting Regional Director (West) Holly Davies, Coonamble mayor Dan Keady, Minister for Roads and Regional Transport Jenny Aitchison, Barwon MP Roy Butler and Council General Manager …
Good Friday Golf
PHOTO: Winners of this year’s Good Friday 3 person Ambrose: Beau Ewers, Matt Lane and Benji Burge. The Coonamble golf club held its annual Nutrien Good Friday 3 person Ambrose …