AUSTRALIA’ S best junior rugby league talent have played off for Australian championships during a big week of footy in Coffs Harbour. The 2024 Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League Championships 16-18s Boys and Girls were held last week at the…
HOCKEY Coffs Coast junior hockey umpires, Bodhi Fabian and Harper Dent, have been given the ultimate chance to showcase their skills after being selected to umpire at the 2024 National Primary School Hockey Championships in Cairns. Their selection comes off…
THE excitement was palpable at South Arm Hall on Thursday 11 July, where volunteers were cleaning and cooking for the evening’s Council meeting from 1.30pm until well after the meeting concluded. It is traditional for Council to hold some of…
THE Stuarts Point Friendly Grocer team are celebrating success in the Friendly Grocer ‘Retailer of the Year’ award. The enterprise has recently been judged as one of the top five Friendly Grocer retailers across Queensland for 2024. Advertise with News…
KEEPING a sporting or community organisation up and running in support of its members and community has always been a challenge, so the Nambucca Bowls Club can be justifiably proud to be celebrating their 75th anniversary. The iconic bowls club,…
DEAR News Of The Area, A POLL running alongside the Council elections in September will give the residents of Coffs Harbour, for the first time, a formal say on the State Government’s proposal to sell off their land holdings at…
DEAR News Of The Area, OVER the past week the Coffs Harbour region played host to the Australian Secondary Schools 18 Years National Rugby League Championship. The decision to bring this championship to Coffs Harbour this year was based on…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN this whole energy discussion, there seems to be one cost we hear little about, that is the cost to the environment. With renewables, thousands of hectares of wilderness and bushland, including wildlife habitat, have…
DEAR News Of The Area MR Martin Smith’s letter (NOTA 5/07/24) adds little to the nuclear debate but says more about his political affiliations. His reference to the CSIRO being “Australia’s truly independent experts” is puzzling. As this organisation is…
THE Yurruungga Aboriginal Corporation has been granted $1.1 million over four years to consult about the impact of tourism on the newly-announced Bellinger Valley Indigenous Protected Area (IPA). The Bellinger Valley location is one of twelve new IPA areas announced…