LOCAL non-profit group Time2Talk Nambucca Valley will host an early morning event to support mental health and remember those lost to suicide on Saturday, 2 November at Main Beach, Nambucca Heads. From 6am attendees are invited to participate in a…
FILMMAKER Robert Zemeckis has been responsible for a number of cultural touchstones in his long career (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away) and it looks as though he’s attempting another with Here. Reuniting his most iconic screen couple…
NUCLEAR power plants could take up to fifteen years to establish in Australia and facilities to dispose of high-level nuclear waste twice as long, an inquiry has heard. Waste produced by the power plants might have to be stored at…
UNCLE James Michael ‘Widdy’ Welsh was taken from his family in Coonamble, in central NSW, when he was eight years old. He was taken hundreds of kilometres away to the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Home near Kempsey. Advertise with News of…
APPLICATIONS have opened for the 2024-25 Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF), which supports Crown land managers by providing funding for repairs, maintenance and improvements on Crown reserves. The NSW Government program offers grants of $100,000 to $1 million per project.…
A DECISION on whether to reduce Nambucca Valley Council’s meeting schedule from bi-monthly to monthly was deferred for six months by the newly-elected group of councillors at last Thursday’s meeting. General Manager Bede Spannagle made the recommendation to change the…
SMALL businesses are doing it tough, and many local operators say a large percentage of their overall earnings are paid to companies offering point of sale (POS) software and services through credit card, Eftpos and other banking transaction charges. “In…
‘BREACHES’, a book profiling the recent history of logging breaches by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW), was launched in Pine Creek State Forest by its lead author, Dr Miriam Pepper. A gathering organised by the Forest Advocacy Ministry, which is…
2024 HAS been a standout year so far for the Bowraville Central School Cattle Team, with numerous victories and accolades at various agricultural shows. “At the Kempsey Agricultural Show, Bowraville Central School team members Jaz, May, Sierra, Layne and Mikayla…
DETECTIVES have returned to Bowraville, where three children were murdered more than three decades ago, setting up in a local hall in the hope of uncovering fresh information that could provide closure. Evelyn Greenup, 4, Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, and Colleen…