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Recent History
THIS week 18 years ago, four crew members walked away uninjured when a Westpac Rescue Helicopter from Tamworth crash-landed near Warialda. On board were pilot David Davies, aircrew officer Jamie Yeo, Dr Chris Trethewy and critical care paramedic Stuart Harris. The chopper was on its way to a serious motor vehicle accident involving multiple people [...]
Police News
A 15-year-old boy has been charged after two cars were stolen from homes in Armidale early Sunday, where a machete was alleged used to threaten two women. Officers attached to New England Police District have been told the women, aged 28 and 29, were asleep in their home in Armidale shortly before 3am, Sunday, February [...]
Regional Crime
A man has been remanded in custody, charged with murder after the death of a child at Tamworth earlier this month. Emergency services were called to a home in Hillvue Road, South Tamworth, about 3.45pm on Saturday, January, after a two-year-old child was found unconscious. NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the child at the scene before [...]
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PEOPLE across the Moree Plains will soon have increased access to legal help, with the announcement Legal Aid NSW will establish a permanent office in the town. And ahead of the opening in the first half of this year, a recruitment drive is underway to fill four positions at the new premises. For many years, [...]
Regional News
The Queensland Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash south of Texas yesterday, Thursday, January 30. At approximately 9:45am, emergency services were called to Riverton Road at Watsons Crossing, about 35 kilometres south of Texas, following reports a motorbike had crashed. The rider of the motorbike, a 59-year-old from Glen Aplin, near Stanthorpe, [...]
Regional News
Regional Capitals Australia has welcomed a move by the Federal Government to ensure the ongoing connectivity of Australia’s regional and remote communities. The government announced it will acquire $50 million of debt from Rex’s largest creditor to become the principal secured creditor, in a bid to stop the liquidation of the airline which is currently [...]
Back to School
AS kids across the north-west and New England get ready to return to school, Asthma Australia urges parents to update their children’s Asthma Action Plan. Just like packing a school hat, this simple step helps ensure a child’s asthma is well-managed and helps teachers, coaches, and caregivers know exactly what to do if a flare-up [...]
Festival Blues
SEVERAL charges were laid during a high-visibility, coordinated police operation at this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival. Operation Tamworth Country Music Festival 2025 ran for the duration of the iconic event, which started on Friday, January 17 and ended Australia Day. General duties officers from Oxley Police District and across Western Region were assisted by [...]
Agriculture
THE NSW Government is calling for expressions of interest to participate in the next round of funding applications for the Australian Government’s National Water Grid Fund to help drought-proof water supplies and improve water security for country and regional New South Wales. Regional councils, local water utilities, irrigation water cooperatives and irrigation trusts, First Nations [...]
Police News
THREE teenaged boys have been charged following the death of a motorcyclist at Gunnedah yesterday. At about 7.15am on Tuesday, January 28, officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol attempted to stop a ute – which had been reported stolen from Moree – on the Kamilaroi Highway, west of Gunnedah. The ute failed to stop, [...]
