A NORTH Haven woman facing charges related to the alleged murder of Paul Davy in Kendall in 2023, has pleaded guilty to trying to escape custody. Ashley Louise Shields, 28, appeared via videolink before Magistrate Georgina Darcy in Port Macquarie…
MINISTER for Agriculture and Regional NSW Tara Moriarty has met with Forestry Corporation fire specialists to discuss bushfire preparations on the Mid North Coast. Minister Moriarty attended Forestry Corporation’s Wauchope depot to speak with fire crews, who are geared up…
BISHOP Druitt College student Betelhem Tesfamariam has received a NSW Youth Community Service Award from the Governor of NSW Margaret Beazley. Betelhem was one of 26 students honoured last Friday at Government House in Sydney. Advertise with News of The…
A GROUP of Indigenous elders in Coffs Harbour are pushing back at State Government plans for the Jetty Foreshores. Gumbaynggirr elder Reg Craig, who represents the Garlambirla Guuyu-girrwaa Aboriginal Elders Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
A BREAKTHROUGH discovery has revealed an ancient gene variant influencing immune defences among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The ancient variant of the natural killer receptor was identified by researchers from the Peter Doherty Institute, Monash University, Menzies School…
THE former President of the Australian Nuclear Association spoke to the benefits of nuclear power generation in both Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour last week. At the events organised by Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan, nuclear exponent Robert Parker…
NAMBUCCA Valley councillors voted unanimously to proceed with a Warrell Creek subdivision of four lots into ten at their meeting on Thursday, 17 October. Previous plans to subdivide some of the lots was scrapped in September of last year following…
