THE Great Southern BioBlitz (GSBB) citizen science nature project is back and Coffs Harbour is looking to retain its place as one of the top regions in the Southern Hemisphere. In 2023, the area had the highest number of identified…
A COMMUNITY of surfers in Sawtell has staged a “sit-in” after Council stopped them relocating a picnic table from the top of Boambee Headland to a nearby site with special meaning. Their preferred location is 200 metres away on the…
THE Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD) has committed to re-opening Hartley House’s fourteen-bed medical ward at the Bellinger River District Hospital, provided “sufficient staff” can be recruited. The commitment follows concerns raised by the Bellinger Health Action Group…
MACQUARIE University’s Widening Participation Unit (WPU) is hosting a Community Science Night in Coffs Harbour on Thursday, 19 September. This free event is for all local schools, students of all ages and their parents/carers, and is aimed at anyone interested…
PINK Silks Trust has donated $27,000 worth of equipment to Coffs Harbour Health Campus’ loan pool for palliative care patients. It includes two electric nursing care beds, two bedside rails, four wheelchairs, two foldable walking frames, two mobile shower chairs,…
AROUND 500 public sector nurses and midwives in Coffs Harbour joined a statewide twelve-and-a-half-hour strike for improved pay on Tuesday. The renewed strike action comes after demands for a fifteen percent wage increase were knocked back by the State Government.…
NATIONAL Landcare Facilitator Melanie Tyas is guest speaker at Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare AGM on 18 September. A resident of Bellingen, Melanie is well known to Coffs Harbour as being a “friend” of CHRL for many years. Advertise with News…
STORM Season is approaching and SES Corindi-Woolgoolga is prepared. While storms and floods can happen at any time, there is a greater chance of them occurring in NSW between September and April. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
THE NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is strongly encouraging property owners adjacent to conservation areas to contact their local Area Office for advice before they start any land management activities. It follows the conviction of a Dundurrabin landholder…
PARAMEDICS from across the Mid North Coast, including from Coffs Harbour, have been put through their paces ahead of taking the wheel of new off-road vehicles. The eight paramedics, from stations down to Tuncurry, recently undertook beach and bush training…