WHAT’S stopping you? That’s the question being asked by Lions Club of Coffs Harbour as they launch their amateur Talent Quest. The event is a fundraiser to benefit the Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation. “Have you ever wanted to…
HAVE you ever wondered why summer days last forever (well, almost!), and winter nights feel like they never end? It all boils down to two amazing celestial events: equinoxes and solstices! These are like nature’s cosmic calendar flips, marking the…
COFFS Harbour Health Campus patients are now experiencing a little luxury thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Coffs Harbour Pink Ladies. The Pink Ladies have donated four recliners valued at $33,915 to the hospital’s Transit and Infusion…
THREE local sports clubs have been successful in the NSW Government’s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. Minister for Sport Steve Kamper announced that 194 organisations have shared in $500,000 with each organisation receiving up to $3,000 towards the purchase, installation,…
THE Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) acknowledged World Environment Day on Wednesday June 5 with approximately 60 people rallying outside Forestry Corporation of NSW’s (FCNSW) Coffs Harbour office. Catherine Jones, the BEC secretary and organiser of countless actions outside FCNSW offices,…
THE VIP opening night for the Coffs Antique and Collectors Fair will be held on Friday 28 June from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at the Exhibition Hall at Coffs Harbour Showground. “This is a night for the real enthusiasts to get…
SHAREN Hackfath and Donna Harper are on a mission to get Coffs Coast residents talking about bowel cancer. Both recent bowel cancer survivors, the pair have set up a local support group, Coffs Colon Cancer (CCC), a platform they will…
BUILDING up to the Holiday Coast Bootscooters’ 30th anniversary in July, the local line dance group is bursting to burst out two days of dancing at the big birthday bash. The weekend celebrations on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 July…
RAISING $2,467 through its Biggest Morning Tea, the bingo group players at Darlington Park Resort at Arrawarra are justly delighted with the outcome. While the bingo raised $1,467, an anonymous donor gave $1,000 towards the annual initiative benefitting the Cancer…
WALTER Tyson, a fourth generation Tyson on the Bellinger River, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours. The award recognises Wal’s services to the Bellingen Shire community. Advertise with News…