ULONG resident and inspirational community champion Carol Cleary has been named the 2024 Coffs Harbour Electorate Local Woman of the Year. In making the announcement, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said Carol was awarded the prestigious honour in recognition…
THE Made With Love Markets became the first major event to be held in the freshly renovated Exhibition Hall at Coffs Harbour Showground, with local stallholders filling the venue with their home made and hand made goods on a sunny…
REPLANTING and environmental restoration work on the NSW North Coast has a bright future thanks to work being done at the native seed bank facility at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden in Coffs Harbour. The Regional Native Seed Bank…
WITH Coffs Coast students to undergo NAPLAN assessments this month, a local school principal has backed the tests as one key provider of data on a child’s academic development. The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an…
BPW COFFS COAST hosted their International Dinner and Candle Lighting Ceremony at the CWA Meeting Rooms in Coffs Harbour last Wednesday. Members and supporters of BPW were joined by women representing many nations that make up the varied multicultural community…
BOOKFEST is back. The annual bookie bonanza run by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour opens on Saturday 9 March, running daily until Saturday 16 March 2024 at the Norm Jordan Pavilion at Coffs Harbour Showground. Advertise with News of…
DUE to easing conditions and recent rainfall, the Rural Fire Service (RFS) has declared an early end to the bushfire danger period in a number of northern NSW local government areas, including Coffs Harbour and Bellingen. North East Area Commander,…
BULK billing for pathology is disappearing fast at a time when many Australians are struggling with the cost-of-living. To combat the issue, Australian Pathology – the peak national body representing Australia’s private pathology providers – is seeking a $630 million…
MINISTER for the North Coast Rose Jackson visited Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 5 March to attend meetings with key community and stakeholder representatives. Ms Jackson holds a diverse portfolio of ministerial responsibilities, also serving as the Minister for Water, Housing,…
ONE hundred basketballs have been donated to eight local schools through the Rotary Club of Sawtell’s Youth Program. The bag-fulls of basketballs have been distributed between Boambee Primary, Sawtell Primary, Bonville Primary, Bayldon Primary, Toormina Primary, Toormina High, Coffs Harbour…