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Regional News
INVERELL Shire Council will host the 2026 Swimming NSW Country Regional Meet at the state-of-the-art Inverell Aquatic Centre on Saturday-Sunday, January 17-18 next year. The prestigious two-day event, organised by Swimming NSW in collaboration with Inverell Swimming Club, is expected to bring significant benefits to the Inverell community. It is expected the event will bring [...]
Police News
POLICE in New South Wales have charged hundreds of motorists for speeding, drink-driving and other dangerous driving offences during Operation Christmas-New Year 2024. Operation Christmas/New Year 2024 commenced at 12.01am Friday, December 20, 2024 and concluded at 11.59pm, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Double demerit points were in force for the duration of the operation for [...]
Police News
A teenage boy will face court over an alleged series of break-and-enters involving knives in Moree last week. At about 3.15am on Boxing Day, emergency services responded to reports of a break-in at a hotel room on Amaroo Drive, Moree. Police were informed three males armed with knives had allegedly forced entry into the room. [...]
Health
AS of Monday, January 6, New South Wales Pathology Collection Services will relocate to Frome Street, within Associate Medical Practice. The practice will have two collection rooms operating from 8am until 4pm, Monday to Friday. The service will be closed weekends. Pathology collection will not be available at Moree District Hospital for outpatients, effective from [...]
Racing
IT’S good when a plan comes together. Toowoomba apprentice Kelsey Lenton’s plan to win the 1400m Tatts Hotel Great Northern Inverell Cup on New Year’s Day paid blue-chip dividends when under-rated mare Ella Te Ama swept down the middle of the track to win the $45,000 feature with something in hand. Ella Te Ama was [...]
Sponsored Content
MASLINA Bar and Grill in Moree is currently closed for a well-earned Christmas-New Year break, and will reopen on Monday, January 13. And owners Mick and Zelch Cikota want to start the New Year with more staff at the popular restaurant. A menu with new options will also greet diners in the New Year, but [...]
Racing
WELL-travelled jockey Mikayla Weir, fresh from winning on Callie Cool at Quirindi on Boxing Day and riding engagements at Orange on Monday, heads to Inverell Jockey Club’s big cup meeting today with five strong rides. Weir rides Rapid Outlaw in the 1600m Stewarts Grain BM-66 Handicap for Armidale trainer Stirling Osland, as well as Rethink [...]
Festive Season
IN December, the team from Rabobank in Moree hosted clients and guests at historic Vitonga Homestead with a visit from the RaboTruck for an end-of year celebration. Guests gathered to celebrate last year’s harvest – some say the best on record – and the festive and new year season. Rabobank NSW state manager Toby Mendl [...]
Public Health Warning
NSW Health is warning communities across the state, including Moree, about the dangers of unexpected drugs in cocaine, which have resulted in three recent overdoses including one death. Two people have been hospitalised and one person has died in New South Wales as a result of overdose in the past week. The cases experienced severe [...]
Accident Update
TWO people were conveyed to Moree Hospital with minor injuries after a four-wheel-drive towing a caravan rolled over north of Moree on the Newell Highway at about 9.30am Monday. Traffic was affected in both directions. Emergency Services and Transport for NSW maintenance crews attended, with NSW Police conducting alternating stop-slow traffic flow to allow motorists [...]
