ALMOST fourteen hundred Coffs Coast locals have taken up a fee-free JobTrainer course during the pandemic, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh told News Of The Area. The most popular courses to study for local residents were the Certificate…
GRANTS sound good but when faced with applying for the funds, the rigorous process can be overwhelming and confusing especially when the whole reason you need the grant is because you’ve experienced a disaster. With the closing date for…
A POPULATION of Yellow-bellied Gliders has been discovered in a patch of unburnt forest at the top of the Kalang Headwaters. Verified by local ecologists, community members and citizen scientists, the endangered marsupials have taken up refuge in an…
WORK on the much-awaited Coffs Harbour boat ramp upgrade is due to start this month, with local Member Gurmesh Singh announcing on Tuesday 10 August the upcoming commencement of the first stage of construction. The $14M project will be…
ROAD safety upgrades and improvements will be delivered on Waterfall Way and the Pacific Highway at Wardell thanks to funding from the Federal Government. Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan said the funding will deliver crucial road safety improvements…
COFFS Harbour’s Bill Latham jetted off to the Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday 18 August to help the Australian Wheelchair Basketball Team roll for gold. The former Korora Primary School and John Paul College student has been playing on the…
MINISTER for Agriculture Adam Marshall has urged primary producers this week to start preparing now for a spring surge in the mice population after increased activity was reported in the state’s north. “While there has been some respite from…
THE NSW Police Force launched Operation STAY AT HOME on Monday 16 August 2021, in a significant increase in public health order enforcement efforts across the state. The operation will utilise resources from all Police Districts and Police Area…
SCIENCE and Spirit: Stories of Gumbaynggirr Country, an evening of conversational knowledge and wisdom, brought together two of the Coffs Coast’s most enthusiastic environmentalists; Gumbaynggirr language teacher Uncle Micklo Jarrett and local ecologist Mark Graham. The sold-out event on…
AUSTRALIAN Government figures show the North Coast’s COVID-19 vaccination numbers are on par with NSW and Australian averages. The Department of Health’s report on geographic vaccination rates, published on 2 August, highlights the percentages of eligible Australians who have…