NAMBUCCA Valley musicians have done it again, offering up sizeable donations to organisations working at the coal front to help everyday people with everyday problems. Country music is one of the most popular forms of music across the globe and…
YOUNG Nambucca Valley athlete Daniel Williams will represent Australia at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago in August. Daniel, 15, is among a select squad of 25 talented young Aussies that Commonwealth Games Australia is taking to Trinidad…
DESTRUCTIVE red fire ants are just 10 kilometres north of the NSW border and Australia’s agriculture ministers met yesterday to discuss how to stop their advance. Until now eradication plans have failed and the country is waiting to see what…
ON the third Friday of each month the Nambucca Vally’s own community radio station, 2NVR, broadcasts Studio 3 Live. The program generally showcases a local act performing live to air from the Tewinga Studios of 2NVR, which can be listened…
THAT’S a wrap for the Coffs Harbour & District Eisteddfod 2023, with all disciplines completed. Eisteddfod president Debbie Waters told News of the Area the Coffs Harbour Eisteddfod provided almost 4,000 performance opportunities, across four venues in the Coffs Harbour…
TWO years of wet weather has led to prolific vegetation growth across NSW, with the state now facing its most significant grass-fire threat in more than a decade. On the North Coast, although we are still in winter, the weather…
THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia has vowed it will close no more regional branches for at least three years. Regional communities have for decades protested a swathe of branch closures from the big four banks, which led to a Senate…
MACKSVILLE recently became rock n roll central when Arts Mid North Coast and the Creative Youth Council hosted the ‘Ready, Set, Go Youth Music Program Open Day’ and registration event at the Music Station. This program is intended to provide…
WAYNE Harvey has won this year’s Nambucca Valley Writers’ Group’s annual writing competition with the coming-of-age story Belmont South Bomb Squad. Wayne had been with the group for less than 12 months when he entered and said he was pretty…
THOUGH it may be mid-winter and the skies have been a threatening shade of grey, we are beyond the winter solstice and the new proprietors of the popular Scotts Hub Café (on Adin Street, Scotts Head) have introduced the warming…