RURAL Fire Service (RFS) volunteers undertook a day of extensive pre-season training on Saturday 3 August. Codenamed ‘Exercise Burnt Banana’, the training was focused on replicating real-life situations. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
PETE’S Place has marked Homelessness Week with an open day at its premises in Coffs Harbour Community Village. In line with this year’s theme of “Homelessness Action Now”, the event raised awareness of the impacts of homelessness and the solutions…
EMMA Watkins, star of the Emma Memma children’s musical show, will host the Australian Children’s Content Summit 2024 at Pacific Bay Resort from 27 – 29 August. Now considered the leading gathering for children’s content makers in Australia, last year’s…
CITY of Coffs Harbour councillors voted unanimously for council staff to prepare a report on initiating a ‘Shark Bite Emergency Response Program’. Cr Cassell said such a program would be a first for the state, aiming to make Coffs Coast…
YAZIDI House in Coffs Harbour has hosted a solemn commemoration to mark the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. The Islamic State (IS) began their genocidal campaign against Yazidis in Iraq and Syria on 3 August, 2014, and continued until…
FORMER Coffs Harbour High School student Lachlan Walmsley is on the flight path to becoming a pilot. Now studying a Bachelor of Aviation (Pilot) at the University of South Australia, eighteen-year-old Lachlan earned a Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot)…
COFFS Harbour has become well-known as one of the epicentres of whale watching on the NSW coast. People from all over the world realise their dreams of a close encounter with these ocean mammals on local whale watching experiences. Advertise…
HOCKEY Coffs Coast President Dean Herbert is calling on all levels of government to assist in saving the Stadium Drive synthetic hockey field after it was closed last month due to safety concerns over an unstable playing surface. The closure…
LAW enforcement careers were showcased at the Coffs Harbour Police Station’s open day last week. Local residents and school students engaged with police officers on-site, including representatives from Highway Patrol, Marine Area Command, Dog Unit, Forensic Services and the Rural…
ALMOST half a million dollars was donated to the Coffs Harbour Health Campus by the hospital’s Pink Ladies during the past financial year. The United Hospital Auxiliary (UHA) volunteers operate a cafe and gift shop at the hospital, offering a…