The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Sport
MOREE golfers Kevin Moore and Gus Baillie last week played their way to a top-five position in the KENO Let’s Play Ambrose State Final at Bonville Golf Resort, Coffs Harbour from an original field numbering more than 6000 pairs. Competitors played in club qualifying rounds and regional finals across New South Wales over several months [...]
Christmas Races
TRACK specialist Lesgo Don relished being “home away from home” on Saturday with an all-the-way win at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel twilight Christmas races. And the Ridge Wilson-trained gelding strengthened part-owner Jack Forman’s reputation as a horse-trader when journeyman jockey Georgina McDonnell led from pillar to post on the four-year-old. Forman, now living [...]
Regional News
A cyclist has died, and a number of people have been injured following a crash in Armidale this afternoon. At about 3.30pm, emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road, Armidale, following reports a car and several cyclists had collided, before the car continued and hit a tree. One of the cyclists died at the [...]
Regional News
EARLY results from the additional testing of three bores at Warialda have now been received by Gwydir Shire Council. Encouragingly, the samples collected from the Saleyard and Gragin Road bores had no detectable levels of PFAS. Town water will now be sourced solely from these bores which will provide PFAS free water to the Town. [...]
Our Community
THE 2024 Melbourne Cup may have produced 80-1 winner Knight’s Choice and quite a few torn-up tickets, but the result was a clear winner for members of Moree Cancer Support Group and staff at the Regional Australia Bank Moree branch. This year, as Knight’s Choice stunned punters across the nation, Moree Cancer Support Group became [...]
Northern Tablelands
Earlier this week, elevated levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) were detected in Warialda’s water supply. PFAS are chemicals used to make products which resist heat, stains, grease and water. PFAS chemicals remain in the environment, including water and soil, for a long time. PFAS chemicals can build up in the body and take a [...]
Newell Upgrades
THREE new overtaking lanes south of Moree are now open, improving freight productivity and access to the proposed Moree Special Activation Precinct. For drivers of the Newell Highway the upgrades are a welcome improvement, with new northbound and southbound overtaking lanes south of Moree, and a new northbound lane now open at Bellata. The works [...]
Local Government
A packed public gallery of concerned residents and ratepayers left the Moree Plains Shire Council ordinary meeting on Thursday no wiser than when they entered the council chambers two hours earlier. Nearly every person in the gallery, including former councillors Murray Hartin, Katrina Humphries, Mick Cikota and Col Pring, wanted to know why popular general [...]
History Razed
RESIDENTS and firefighters tried heroically to save the Royal Hotel at Gurley late Thursday night when the historic building – the hub of the village – was completely destroyed by fire. The Newell Highway was closed in both directions as Moree Fire and Rescue NSW crews and rural fire services from across the region battled [...]
Australia Day
NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2025 Australia Day Awards, a chance to honour and celebrate remarkable individuals and community groups who have made significant contributions to the Moree Plains. Mayor Susannah Pearse is calling on residents to support the awards by nominating those who have gone above and beyond to enrich the community. “We [...]
