THE hunt is on for a Macksville resident or visitor who won $1 million in Saturday Lotto and is yet to discover their life-changing division one win. The mystery player was one of seven who took home division one in…
REASSERTING its place as the hub of the performing arts in the Nambucca Valley, the iconic Bowraville Theatre is about to embark on a six month concert program that promises to put the theatre in the sights of the country’s…
A MOTORIST passing on the nearby highway noticed and reported the fire enveloping the Unkya Reserve storage shed at approximately 2am on Thursday 8 September. Emergency services attended swiftly but were unable to save the building, which in daylight revealed…
NAMBUCCA Valley Red Cross is offering a free Emergency Preparedness Information Session at Marion’s Red Cross Tea House on Tuesday, September 27. A representative of Nambucca Heads Red Cross Emergency Services told News Of The Area, “Our climate is changing.…
IN an exciting new initiative dubbed the ‘Stars of the Buskers Festival’, the Coffs Buskers Festival will this year travel to Nambucca Heads for one all ages show at the RSL Club on Thursday September 29 from 11am. “Hot on…
AS part of National Carers Week, Bev Reedy and Port Adventure Cruises have teamed up to give carers a day on the Hastings River. National Carers Week is an opportunity to recognise, celebrate, and raise awareness among all Australians about…
ON World Barber Day, Friday 16 September TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour Education Campus graduate, Brad Boyd from Urunga, is speaking out about how he is cutting out a new career for himself at the age of 51. Having just flipped…
THE Woolgoolga Talent Show returns to the Woolgoolga C.ex Club on Saturday 22 October for another fun-filled show of talent and prizes. The last show in April 2021 wowed the crowd with a spectacular showcase of local talent which left…
A CLOSE-UP photograph of a female humpback whale has won Coffs Harbour father Ash McMurrich first place in the Gowings Whale Trust 2022 Whale Watching photo competition. Judges commenting on Ash’s photos said, “The image feels intimate, clearly conveying the…
THE passing of Her Majesty The Queen on 8 September 2022 has stirred locals’ fond memories of her visit to Coffs Harbour in 1970 as part of the bicentenary celebrations. Eyewitness recollections of Queen Elizabeth II’s tour around Coffs Harbour…