BELLINGEN Valley/Dorrigo Magpies and the Orara Valley Axemen are preparing to make their return to senior rugby league. The two clubs will return to the field as part of this year’s Hastings District Rugby League competition. The Axemen and Magpies…
COFFS Harbour native and Paralympic silver medallist Maddie McTernan has spent a few days meeting and competing in the city where her international swimming dreams began. Participating in the 2025 Coffs Harbour Summer Splash Carnival over the weekend of 11…
COFFS Harbour equestrian Tehani Badke, 15, has been selected to participate in the CSI 2* Puebla International Global Amateur Tour’s (GAT) Mexico competition in May. “With only 130 days left, the anticipation is building, and I’m filled with both excitement…
DESPITE the rain forecast for Saturday’s Don Forrester sponsored Stableford Stableford event 13 players from a good field had a net par round or better. Shane O’Neill returned to the winners circle beating Mick O’Brien on a countback with a…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN someone with a vested interest in an activity provides facts about said activity we would do well to question these “facts” (We all know what happened to Little Red Riding Hood when she believed…
DEAR News Of The Area, WORLD-renowned Zurich-based scientist and ecologist Tom Crowther has recently been featured on ABC Television in an outstanding and revealing documentary “The Forest”. It tells the story of over two hundred collaborating scientists, a massive database,…
DEAR News Of The Area, I share an optimistic outlook voiced in the opinion article ‘Undermining hope in society’ published 10 January 2025. I too hold hope and faith in this country and its citizens, I too live in the…
THE Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) is reflecting on a “busy” 2024, and preparing to tackle more local projects in 2025. SPaDCO Chairperson Mary-Lou Lewis provided NOTA with a commentary of the activities the organisation undertook during 2024.…
FORMER NRL star Corey Payne has been announced as the Australia Day Ambassador for Nambucca Valley Council. Mr Payne, who played over 130 matches for the Bulldogs, Tigers, and Dragons, is the founder of the Future Direction Network, championing education…
RECENT scientific research shows that selective native forest logging has had no effect on koala populations, according to State Member for Oxley Michael Kemp. Mr Kemp spoke to NOTA about footage recently released of Dr Brad Law of the Department…