SINCE opening its doors on 1 July, the Medicare Mental Health Centre in Coffs Harbour, operated by Open Minds, has had at least 60 people walk-in seeking support. Speaking on 31 July at its official opening, Open Minds CEO Kate…
COFFS COAST business Peloris Global Sourcing has celebrated ten years of continuous fresh milk deliveries to China. Over the past decade, Peloris has delivered more than eight million litres of Australian milk to meet the increasing demand from Chinese consumers.…
INCUMBENT City of Coffs Harbour councillor Tony Judge will run for mayor in the September 14 local government election. Mr Judge, who ran as a Labor candidate in the 2023 State Election, told News Of The Area he wishes to…
NORTH Coast Football’s Under-16s sensation Logan Sambrook has received the call that every young footballer dreams about. On the other end of the line was the coach of the Australian youth team, the Joeys, delivering the news that Sambrook had…
ELEVEN National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) employees who lost their lives protecting the community, were honoured on World Ranger Day. Among them was Aaron Harber of Dorrigo who was tragically killed in a helicopter accident in December 2009 while…
EVERY four years, the Olympic Games spark excitement in young people around the globe and the students of Mary Help of Christians (MHOC) Primary school in Toormina are no exception. They staged their own MHOC Olympics last week with each…
THE Woolgoolga Wolves secured the Men’s North Coast Premier League title last Saturday, following a hard-fought 2-2 draw against the Coffs Coast Tigers. The unbeaten Wolves, after 18 rounds of relentless competition, have amassed an unassailable ten-point lead over the…
SIMON “Simmo” Braun will be at the Big Banana on Thursday, 8 August, on his nationwide tour promoting blood and plasma donations. Simmo, a Central Coast father, will visit every donor centre across the country over the next year as…
THE annual Push-up Challenge, which raises thousands of dollars for local mental health organisations such as Lifeline, has come to a close. Each participant aimed to complete 3,249 push ups in 24 days from 5-28 June, representing the number of…
THE twelfth annual C.ex Group Coffs Harbour Running Festival is set to be held on Sunday 8 September 2024. With running events booming around Australia this year, the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour expect this year’s Festival to be the…