REMEMBRANCE Day Services were solemnly observed across the Nambucca Valley on Saturday. In Macksville a large and respectful crowd gathered to pay tribute to the brave men, women and communities who have served and sacrificed for their country. Advertise with…
ON Tuesday night, more than 130 people, mostly local residents, met at a meeting organised by local anti-mining group Lock the Nambucca Valley (LNV) at the Macksville Ex-Services Club to listen and ask questions to speakers on the topic of…
COFFS Harbour based playwright Willa Hogarth has had one of her scripts selected to be produced for the stage by prestigious Melbourne based theatre company, the Playhouse Players. Best known on the Mid North Coast, particularly in the Nambucca Valley,…
EXTREME fires drove biodiversity declines despite overall resilience after the 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfire season in NSW, a new study suggests. The Black Summer Bushfires burnt an unprecedented area of over five million hectares of eastern Australia, with severe economic,…
PER kilogram prices for cattle jumped at the Macksville saleyards last Wednesday in response to recent heavy rains in the local area. “Last week’s rains have given farmers more options and more confidence,” auctioneer Jessie Stanton of G J Stanton…
THROUGH its work with the Taylors Arm community post drought, fires and flood in recent years, the Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD) Disaster Recovery Team identified that many women were unable to access health services due to farm…
AN exciting exhibition by young local artists will open at the Phoenix Gallery in Bowraville on Saturday 18 November and run until 1 December. The exhibition will be called Shifting Realms and will explore the themes of fantasy and liminality,…
EACH year the NSW Government hosts a writing competition known as Seniors’ Stories. The competition celebrates the lives and contributions of seniors by giving them an opportunity to share their own short stories about their life experiences. Advertise with News…
NAMBUCCA Heads will reach a significant historical milestone this year as the Nambucca Heads Railway Station celebrates its centenary. To mark the occasion a major celebration is being held at the Nambucca Heads Railway Station on 3 December 2023 and…
DESPITE thunderstorms, hundreds of people crammed into a giant marquee in Nambucca Heads for the Maagunda Muruygu Festival for Forests on Saturday, November 4. Attendees came to celebrate forests and call for an end to native forest logging in NSW.…