RURAL landholders across the Nambucca Valley are being advised to be on high alert for Mud Scours, or Yersiniosis, after laboratory testing confirmed the scour as the cause of death in cattle on a Far North Coast NSW property. Mud…
FRIDAY 19 July marked a combined four hour undertaking of bush regeneration on Grassy Headland. South West Rocks Dune Care participants, alongside 27 Environmental Management students from Newcastle University and the local Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) volunteering…
EARLY in May, Nambucca author Annie Seaton packed her caravan and headed north for a nine-week library tour to promote her recent release, ‘From Across the Sea’. “But of course, the beautiful landscapes of North Queensland, as always, gave me…
WITH issues such as juvenile crime and youth mental health rising to prominence in the national agenda, one would imagine that programs and organisations aimed at supporting young people navigate their way into adulthood would be a priority for the…
THE Morgo Street Reserve in Urunga has received half a million dollars in accessibility improvements through a joint initiative between Bellingen Shire Council and Reflections Holidays. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message…
KIDS have a natural curiosity about the world around them, and space is no exception! Here are some interesting questions kids often ask in my school outreach programs: Why is the sky dark at night? Ah, the answer has to…
SCAMS come in many forms, and the latest to be spotlighted by major supermarkets is the ‘gift card scam’, prompting active awareness campaigns by Coles and Woolworths. Gift card scams involve an initial ‘phishing’ stage, in which victims receive a…
PAULA Flack and Lyn Orrego have been fighting to protect Mistake State Forest (SF), and other forests across the Nambucca Valley, for more than three decades. With the NSW Government committing in 2023 to a process to create a Great…
YOUNG rural women and non-binary people from across regional New South Wales will have the opportunity to win a once-in-a-lifetime ‘Power Trip’ to the nation’s capital. Celebrating its tenth year, Country to Canberra’s prestigious Leadership Competition launched this week, opening…
LOCAL not-for-profit organisation Young Minds Thrive is offering a limited number of free child development assessments for children aged three to six years thanks to a grant from the Mary MacKillop Today organisation. The Nambucca Valley-based charity is run by…