BELLINGEN Shire Council has earned six awards at the 2024 Keep Australia Beautiful NSW (KAB NSW) Tidy Towns Sustainability Awards. The Shire won an award for “Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation” for Council’s efforts towards achieving net zero emissions, and…
A RECENTLY released report by the REA Group found that regional NSW home prices reached a record high in October, having risen 0.23 percent over the month. The ‘Prop Track Home Price Index’ released last week also found that home…
FORTY-TWO students took on local Police and Fire and Rescue staff in a series of four-player round-robin chess tournaments last Friday at St Mary’s Primary School, Bowraville. Students also had a chance to meet one of Australia’s top-ranked chess players,…
THE Nambucca Valley branch of the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) and residents of Kings Point are planning to conduct a flood evacuation exercise to prepare the community for future floods. The exercise will start at 8:30am on Saturday 7…
MACKSVILLE Medical Centre’s Practice Manager Casey Shorter has been named the Rising Star in Rural/Remote Health at the National Rural and Remote Health Awards. The awards were presented at the National Press Club in Canberra last Wednesday night. Advertise with…
THE administrators of Rex Airlines have welcomed the Albanese Government’s decision to extend an $80m lifeline to the regional airline and to grant early access to entitlements for retrenched employees. Rex operates several flights out of Coffs Harbour Airport each…
STAFF at Macksville District Hospital paused to honour Remembrance Day on 11 November with a ceremony led by local ex-servicemen Mick Birtles DSC and John Starr. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message…
A “GENERATIONAL” pay increase of up to 40 percent is set to make NSW police the best paid in the nation as the force battles crippling officer shortages. More than 10,000 constables, senior constables and sergeants will receive increases of…
THEY didn’t think they would be out on strike again but public sector nurses and midwives across NSW took to the streets once more on Wednesday 13 November. Recent talks between the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) and the…
NAMBUCCA Valley Phoenix continues to provide cutting edge programming and stimulating creative spaces for people living with disabilities or experiencing disadvantage in the region. Housed in a lovingly restored heritage bank building in Bowraville, the space incorporates an art gallery,…