CITY of Coffs Harbour councillor and former state Labor candidate Tony Judge has criticised the NSW Government’s backflip on residential development at the Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshores. Before the 2023 State Election, in which Mr Judge ran for the seat…
A PINK flowering azalea has been planted at Autumn Lodge nursing home in memory of long-term resident Lucy Gosling. Ms Gosling, 93, had called Autumn Lodge home in Macksville for 40 years until her passing in July. Advertise with News…
DRIVING is a wonderful freedom, but getting a license isn’t always without its difficulties, such as having constant access to a car, so the good folk at Uniting have developed a driver mentoring program to assist in the progress of…
ELEVEN scientists from five universities have written to the NSW Government to urge it to honour its commitment to create a Great Koala National Park (GKNP). “We are collectively writing to you as researchers, academics, and practitioners with expertise in…
TURNING a tragic loss into a catalyst for positive change, 24-year-olds Jack Mitchell and Max Sandstrom have created a long-distance run in memory of their dear friend Eden Buckingham, who took his own life in 2022. The three had been…
FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan joined Nambucca Heads RSL staff on Tuesday morning to announce the official appointment of Coffs Coast builders Alurt Pty Ltd as the principal contractor for the club’s upgrade works. Alurt’s appointment and the commencement…
LOGGING in Newry State Forest halted on Tuesday 22 August after the NSW Land and Environment Court considered an application brought by Gumbaynggirr Elder Uncle Micklo Jarrett. Mr Jarrett’s legal representatives sought an injunction because of alleged breaches of cultural…
THE Country Women’s Association (CWA) of Nambucca Heads is launching its annual Awareness Week campaign, to be held from 3 – 9 September 2023. This year, the Nambucca Heads CWA, along with hundreds of other CWA branches across NSW, is…
KORORA author Yvonne Everett has published her second book, ‘4WD Treks of northeast NSW’. In the book she details 25 tours along the coast and over the Great Dividing Range, from the Manning to the Clarence River. Yvonne is also…
LOVERS of the performing arts have a special event coming their way as the Nambucca Valley Christian Community School prepares to present ‘Where Words Once Were’ by Irish-Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer. This ambitious undertaking is the school’s biennial theatrical production…