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It’s one week since the Hudson Fire tore through over 22,000 hectares across the Narran Lakes area, destroying houses and mining camps in its wake, and taking the life of …

PHOTO: Rebecca George from Nyngan has been chosen as a finalist in the RAS Rural Achiever Awards. A love of agriculture and community has led to one of Nyngan’s active, …

PHOTO: Local landholder, Mark Thompson, who is one of the 9 landholders delivering a project through the Fencing Biosecure Production Zones and Pest Knockout Grant Program, standing next to an …

Despite opposition from within the council, construction on an “all abilities” playground will commence in Lightning Ridge within the next few weeks. Councillors have approved the partnership with the NSW …

The rain of last week was welcome relief across the Western Plains, and despite fears of a cancellation, organisers didn’t let it dampen Saturday night’s Bungle Rumble.  “It was a …

PHOTO: It was a unanimous decision for the NSW CWA Executive Committee to join other stakeholders in calling for a regional crime inquiry, said state president Joy Beames. Traditionally an …

PHOTO: Unwanted visitors: Fire ants have made their way into NSW for the first time. In an alarming development for the state’s biosecurity, fire ants have broken through the northern …

PHOTO: Heavy rainfall and large hailstones are a possibility in the western plains Just after 6pm this evening (Monday 27 November 2023) the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe thunderstorm …

Image: Gilgandra Shire Council. The Gilgandra Shire Council has delivered some stirring words about the housing shortage.  The council wants the advocacy group Local Government NSW to do more to push the …