THE Nambucca Valley Emergency Services Team has been awarded the Australian Red Cross Distinguished Team Award. The Award was presented by Mr John Maclennan, Chairman of NSW Red Cross, in Sydney at World Red Cross Day celebrations, on 7…
THE New South Wales region of Cowper is number nine in Australia’s top ten hot spots for high blood pressure, the single largest risk factor for stroke. 255 people in the Cowper region had a stroke for the first…
WITH the recent spate of disasters including bushfires, floods and COVID-19 heavily impacting the Nambucca Valley, there are many issues weighing on people’s minds. Pat Conaghan, Federal Member for Cowper, says he understands how hard it is for the…
EIGHT-year-old Macksville boy Oliver Hawes was ready to devour his lunch over the Easter long weekend whilst visiting family when his mother Helen Hawes, an enrolled nurse, noticed he wasn’t himself. Ollie had started eating his sausage for lunch…
LOCAL community radio station 2NVR Nambucca Valley Radio is a multiple time winner of the “The Best Little Station In The Nation’ award, and will be celebrating 30 years of broadcasting to the Nambucca community in 2022. News Of…
* Rhys Gleeson is an eighteen-year-old year 12 student from Macksville, who attends Bishop Druitt College in Coffs Harbour. Rhys has joined Nambucca Valley News Of The Area as a Junior Reporter, and over the next few months will…
‘PREPARED for Anything’ is the mantra that the Fire and Rescue NSW Nambucca Heads Station adheres to, and the Open Day on Saturday 15 May at the Station demonstrated the preparedness and commitment of the local team. By mid-morning…
ON Monday 24 May at Valla Beach Reserve, Jaanybarr Giirrwaawa – Men Gather Together, will be having their fortnightly gathering. At the gathering there are ten different Service Providers in attendance, to provide support for the range of different…
FOSSILS, minerals, crystals and more will go under the hammer at Macleay Gem and Mineral Club’s annual rock auction on Saturday 29 May at Macksville Showground, 111 Rodeo Drive Macksville. The Macleay Gem and Mineral Club is a not-for-profit…
THE Oxley Electorate Woman of the Year Award is an award that recognises women who demonstrate excellence in business and society or makes an outstanding contribution personally and professionally. The 2021 winner certainly ticks all of those boxes. On…