NAMBUCCA writer John Merkel has taken top honours in The Hope Prize with a story titled ‘Shadows Cast by the Moon’. Billed as a “global short story prize like no other”, The Hope Prize calls for submissions on the themes…
ARCHIVE Mid North Coast presented a winter edition of ‘Live at The Farm’ on Sunday afternoon, with outdoor live music delivered at the Eungai Creek Buffalo Farm. Featuring Joey Leigh Wagtail and his band, with special guest Manduway, a Gumbaynggirr…
REGIONAL Express has gone into voluntary administration and cancelled all flights between major city airports, although regional flights are operating as usual. A statement posted on Rex’s website late on Tuesday said the administration affected parent company Regional Express Holdings…
COWPER MP Pat Conaghan has vowed to fight for the return of a program that targeted domestic violence prevention in Coffs Harbour, particularly among the refugee community, saying women’s lives are at risk. The Federal Government last month ceased annual…
THE COALITION’S renewed shadow cabinet met for the first time in Nowra on Monday, with Member for Oxley Michael Kemp participating as the new Shadow Assistant Minister for Emergency Services, and for Agriculture. Coffs Harbour MP and Nationals Deputy Leader…
ANIMAL rescue facilities across the region are full to capacity with dumped and surrendered pets, with very few adoptions taking place. Animal Rescue Coffs Harbour (ARCH) has seen an unsettling increase in people surrendering pets over the past twelve months.…
SOME locals can still remember the bare ground where the Nambucca Heads Bowling and Recreation Club now sits, and can reminisce about the construction of the initial clubhouse when the new bowling club was built some 43 years ago. The…
LAST weekend, 26 to 28 July, nearly 200 longboard surfers and their families descended on the village of Scotts Head for the running of the 38th Loggerheads Malibu Classic. Although the waves were small, they were plentiful and weather conditions…
RAY Fowke of the Scotts Head Community Group (SHCG) addressed the Nambucca Valley Council meeting last Thursday to present a petition and formally request Council undertake a feasibility study into options for a safe bike and walking connection from Scotts…
ALMOST 60 NSW Marine Rescue Marine Rescue volunteers took part in a simulated on-water search and rescue exercise in Coffs Harbour last Saturday. This multi-agency on-water training exercise involved NSW Water Police, PolAir and NSW Air Ambulance. Advertise with News…