The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
BESS Project
Enervest last week announced its acquisition of the Northern Border Battery, a 300 MW large-scale Battery Energy Storage System in development, to be located on the Bruxner Highway, about 16 kilometres south of Bonshaw and about 80 kilometres north of Inverell. With Australia’s largest coal-fired power station, Eraring, set to close in April 2029 and [...]
2026 Golden Triangle
A late pick-up ride gave Scone jockey Eloise Drews back-to-back 1400m B&W Rural Boolooroo Cups at Moree picnic races on Saturday when locally-owned gelding Thiem raced clear for a popular win in the time-honoured bush feature. Drews won last year’s cup with Awesome Tycoon for Jane Clement, and was a late booking for Thiem after [...]
2026 Golden Triangle
MOREE picnic races – round one of bush racing’s Golden Triangle – was held on Saturday under perfect autumn weather before a big crowd. Despite the dry conditions and fuel price hikes, about 700 patrons went through the turnstiles. More than 500 staying for the night function, with entertainment by father-and-son duo, Split Image, [...]
Sport
MOREE’S Sheldyn Briggs has been selected for the 2026 Indigenous Marathon Project squad to compete in the TCS New York City Marathon in November. Briggs, a proud Gamilaroi woman, was selected following a nationwide search that drew more than 230 applicants from First Nations men and women aged 18 to 30. “Competing in the New [...]
Regional Education
TWO of Armidale’s academic institutions have formally agreed to work together on a range of areas of mutual benefit, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between The Armidale School and University of New England. The Memorandum, that will be in force for two years initially, will see UNE provide practical support for TAS [...]
Our Community
MORE than 15 community groups and organisations attended the Moree Volunteering Connection Hub and Expo at Moree Community College on Thursday as part of National Volunteers’ Week. The expo and volunteer recruitment drive, made possible through the Community Connections – Volunteering Information Hub Establishment Grant program, was supported by the Centre for Volunteering and Department [...]
Our Community
MOREE Arts Community Centre is preparing for a creative weekend of clay workshops and invites people of all experience levels to take part in a series of hands-on sessions focused on making, mindfulness and connection. The centre, situated at 397 Gosport Street, will host four workshops next weekend, Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, [...]
Northern Tablelands
A $108,000 grant was secured to install a permanent irrigation system at Glen Innes Rugby Park through the NSW Rugby World Cup Legacy program. The grant program is aimed at increasing inclusion and participation at rugby union clubs across the state by improving infrastructure and facilities. The funding win is great news for the Elks [...]
Electricity Upgrades
SOME homes and businesses in South Moree will be without electricity for an estimated seven-and-a-half hours today, with a planned power outage taking place between 8.30am and 4pm. A further planned power outage will occur in north Moree tomorrow, Sunday, May 24, during the same timeframe. Some parts of Greenbah will also be without electricity [...]
Road Fatalities
A woman has died in a motorcycle crash at Warialda yesterday afternoon. At about 4.50pm on Friday, emergency services were called to the Warialda Road, Warialda, following reports of a crash. Officers attached to New England Police District attended and found a motorcycle had left the road and crashed. The rider – a woman believed [...]
