NSW PREMIER Chris Minns, Environment Minister Penny Sharpe, and Agriculture and Regional NSW Minister Tara Moriarty visited Coffs Harbour last Friday, November 3. They were initially at Bongil Bongil National Park to announce the establishment of three advisory panels to…
ONE of Coffs Harbour’s most visited natural assets will have its biodiversity improved as a partnership of key local agencies works to rejuvenate the bush. Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) has partnered with Envite Environment and the Gumbaynggirr Ranger team of…
THE National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU ) has welcomed the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission’s quashing of the approval of the Southern Cross University (SCU) Enterprise Agreement 2021. The union claimed that the proposed agreement stripped core conditions…
NAMBUCCA Valley joins the Great Southern BioBlitz (GSB) as the Mid North Coast zone is expanded for the 2023 citizen science event. This is the fourth year of the GSB – a flora, fauna, fish and fungi data recording project.…
EVEN with the threat of wild spring weather, the Scotts Head Public School (SHPS) Spring Fair, held on the Friday evening of 27 October, was a resounding success. Many dozens of families and visitors came along to enjoy a variety…
THERE is something satisfying about listening to your favourite band or artist and smugly saying to friends, “I saw these guys play when they were just starting out.” On Friday 17 November you will have a chance to catch a…
NAMBUCCA Valley Radio 105.9 FM (2NVR) has been honoured with the coveted Troy Garner Award for Excellence in Sports Programming by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA). This national award recognises the exceptional sports programming presented by That’s a…
NEXT year, NVC Group will be celebrating 50 years of care in the local area and are calling for story and photograph submissions from the community. “As part of our celebrations, we are looking for stories and photos – whether…
MANY locals and visitors celebrated the traditional Aussie day of the Melbourne Cup by dressing in their finest including fascinators and self-decorated hats to have lunch and entertainment in Macksville and Nambucca Heads’ hotels. Guests at the Macksville Ex-Services Club…
CONCERNED residents will gather at a public meeting at Macksville Ex-Services Club on 22 November 2023 to discuss several new intensive farming operations in the Nambucca Valley. “Blueberry farming can be very destructive to the surrounding waterways and the local…