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Regional News
RIDERS and horses will this weekend venture to the central-west village of Tooraweenah for the local endurance riding club’s annual event. Tooraweenah’s endurance ride is one of the most popular on the NSW Endurance Riders’ calendar and the stunning views makes it easy to see why. The rides take place beneath the spectacular Warrumbungle mountain [...]
Regional Tourism
THE Classic and Specialist Car Club of Northern NSW, based in Armidale, will host the Heritage Motor Clubs Autumn Tour Rally early next month. The rally is open to cars built before 1931. Previously held in the central-west area of New South Wales, this is the first time the tour has ventured out of that [...]
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Agriculture
UP to 4000 more water-users are now eligible to apply for free telemetry and installation, saving farmers and land-holders significant out-of-pocket costs and helping them become compliant with metering rules. The state-of-the-art devices automatically track and transmit water usage data, providing users with real-time insights as well as reduce the need for manual reporting. Earlier [...]
Regional Health
HUNTER New England Local Health District will benefit from an additional $276,569 in funding to support a range of initiatives which will enhance paediatric palliative respite and end-of-life care across the region. This funding boost for Hunter New England Local Health District is part of the NSW Government’s $2.8 million investment to enhance children’s end-of-life [...]
Agriculture
FARMERS are at their wits’ end dealing with wild rabbits as a plague of the pests sweeps across parts of New South Wales. NSW Farmers’ Conservation and Resource Management committee chair, Bronwyn Petrie, said funding for co-ordinated, targeted pest control programs was needed to address the serious threat presented by the pests across the state. [...]
Regional News
NARRABRI Shire Council has been named as finalists in five categories at this year’s NSW Local Government Excellence Awards. The awards celebrate and highlight outstanding achievements by New South Wales councils and showcase the work being undertaken across the state. Narrabri Shire Council Interim general manager, Eloise Chaplin, said Council was thrilled to be recognised [...]
Regional News
JUST in time for the Easter long weekend, the kiosk at Reflections Lake Keepit has had a major makeover, with a fresh interior, a bigger range of food supplies and a new name – The Canteen. The Canteen is a popular food and supply hub for day-tripping tourists, campers and locals and now has a [...]
Police News
TWO men have been charged with drug and firearm offences after a cannabis crop was discovered during the execution of a search warrant at a Millmerran Woods property on April 16. In separate incidents, 12 people in Armidale have been charged with 40 offences under Operation Soteria. Officers from the Tactical Crime Squad, Rural and [...]
Regional News
NSW Government plans to bolster Tamworth’s water supply into the future should not come at the expense of surrounding communities, Gunnedah Shire mayor Colleen Fuller said. Cr Fuller said one of the options being considered as part of the Tamworth Intervalley Pipelines and Off-River Storages Project was construction of a new pipeline and pump stations [...]
