Regional coverage
Missing Persons
THOMAS has been found. POLICE are appealing for public assistance to locate a boy missing from Armidale. Thomas Sherriff, 12, was last seen on Jeffrey Street, Armidale, about 1.30am Saturday, November 30. When he could not be located or contacted, officers attached to New England Police District were notified Sunday morning and commenced inquiries. Police [...]
Airport Blaze
STATEWIDE Aviation proprietor Campbell Briggs has praised his staff, the Moree community and emergency service personnel after his company’s east hangar was all but gutted by fire on Saturday. Fire fighters and emergency service crews battled strong winds and shocking weather to contain the blaze at Moree Regional Airport. Miraculously, aircraft worth hundreds of thousands [...]
Flood Warning
RECENT localised rainfall has caused significant river level rises along the Barwon and Moonie Rivers upstream of Mogil Mogil where minor flooding is possible early next week. BoM will refine forecasts once upstream peaks are observed. BoM: Minor flood warning for Barwon River at Mogil Mogil Issued at 4.48 pm EDT on Saturday, November 30, [...]
Weather Update
FALLS of more than 100mm have been recorded in the Moree district as the rain continues to saturate much of New South Wales and Queensland. To 9am Saturday, more than 100mm has fallen around Mungindi and the same amount again in the Coonamble district. To the east, nearly 40mm has been recorded at Copeton Dam, [...]
Christmas Races
A committee strengthened by numbers and a series of working bees supported by local farmers, the Taunton family, has the 2024 Moree Ag Supplies and Steel twilight Christmas races on target to be another huge event. The meeting, traditionally the biggest on the Moree turf calendar, draws thousands of people trackside each December. Moree Race [...]
Family Assistance
MOREE service provider Bamara this month launched Parent Pathways, a voluntary service providing personalised and financial support to eligible parents and carers of children aged up to six years. Parent Pathways, funded by the Australian Government, was rolled out across Moree as well as other New England and north-west locations, including Armidale, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, [...]
Regional News
EMERGENCY service personnel were kept busy when thunderstorms across New South Wales Thursday afternoon and evening impacted many areas including North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Tablelands, the Hunter, Illawarra and Sydney districts. Appin and Douglas Park experienced severe storm impact with many trees brought down, damaged roofs and uprooted fences. The main access [...]
Regional News
A total of 286 new firefighters will today join the ranks of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) at a graduation ceremony in western Sydney. The new intake includes 61 permanent firefighters and 225 paid on-call firefighters, with graduates hailing from diverse backgrounds including skydiving, carpentry, architecture, teaching and defence. The graduation will take place at [...]
Regional News
MOREE, Narrabri and Walgett Shire Councils are three of 14 New South Wales regional councils to start receiving natural disaster recovery payments upfront through new Tripartite Agreement funding arrangements. Before the agreements were introduced, councils had to spend their own money to undertake the repairs and then claim the costs back through the Australian and [...]
Regional News
RESIDENTS of Wee Waa and surrounding areas are encouraged to share their experiences of primary health care through a community survey which is now open. The community survey will help identify local health priorities and any barriers people are facing in accessing primary and community health services in Wee Waa. Primary health care is the [...]
