HAVING enough staff to even open their café or restaurant, let alone having a great team of staff, is a challenge the NSW government is helping to address with fee-free courses to encourage people to hop onto upskilling and getting…
BRING it on, is the consensus of opinion chatting with Coffs Coast locals about new funding for road repairs. Round Four of the NSW Government’s Fixing Local Roads program means Coffs Harbour City Council can apply for fresh funding, meaning…
THREE Gumbaynggirr-speaking teachers will join Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School (GGFS), the first bilingual Aboriginal language school in NSW, as language teachers give thanks for $185,508 in funding from the NSW Government for a new two-year pilot partnership. Speaking at the…
LAST month, more than150 Forestry Corporation staff from northern NSW, including staff based in Coffs Harbour, were awarded the National Emergency Medal for their role in managing the 2019-20 bushfires. The National Emergency Medal is awarded to persons who rendered…
A COLLABORATION between Coffs Harbour Older Women’s Network (CH OWN) and young female students at Toormina High School has the students receiving Certificates of Appreciation. CH OWN committee members and Gurmesh Singh, in conjunction with GenHealth were delighted to officially…
DEMONSTRATION Days and Sunday Salons are coming to Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group, geared to clueing up the art curious about different creative styles. Interested but not ready to commit to a class? Advertise with News of The Area today.…
An alliance of almost 50 local residents, concerned ecologists, forest lovers and advocates for the protection of the North Coast’s globally significant biodiversity gathered last week to celebrate the amazing Greater Glider and the Dunggirr (koala) in Clouds Creek State…
ICONIC Bellingen Memorial Hall has long been a landmark building and integral part of the local community and its vibrant culture. Plans for the Hall were initiated in 1918 and the building opened on Anzac Day 1929, as a memorial…
COMPENSATION for the destruction of hives and bees infected by varroa mite, is being awarded to recreational beekeepers under the agreed National Response Plan. Coffs Harbour beekeepers who are within 10 kilometres of last week’s outbreak of Varroa mite, detected…
MARCIA Street in the middle of Coffs Harbour is the site for the city’s new ambulance station, a location found to be the optimal position to service the region. Northern NSW Acting Associate Director of Clinical Operations Damian Hughes said…