The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Regional Sport
THE University of New England has teamed up with Armidale Regional Council to nurture the region’s top young athletes, as part of the inaugural Talent ID High Performance Academy, launched last week. Held at UNE’s Exercise and Sports Science Laboratory, the academy is a four-week program designed to accelerate athletic capability through elite testing, evidence-based [...]
Fire and Rescue
CREW prestige and bragging rights will be on the line this weekend when firefighters from around the state compete at the regional Firefighting Championships in Tamworth. Twenty-one crews will be vying for championship honours in 11 events, racing up ladders, scrambling to connect hose lines and demonstrating agility, accuracy and excellence in team work, executing [...]
Heritage NSW
THE call to place a Heritage NSW Blue Plaque in Moree to memorialise the 1965 Freedom Ride edged a step closer at a special meeting in Moree on Thursday. Communities across New South Wales were last year asked which towns and specific locations should be commemorated with a plaque to create a Freedom Ride Blue [...]
Education
MOREE Secondary College invites the Moree community to a meet-and-greet next Thursday, March 12. The parent-teacher-student get-together, between 4pm and 5.30pm, gives community members the opportunity to meet the Moree Secondary College team, and chat with teachers and dedicated staff. Executive principal, Bethany Kelly, said the entire community is invited. “We are opening our school [...]
Northern Tablelands
Armidale’s Kay Endres has been named Northern Tablelands Woman of the Year as part of NSW Women’s Week. Kay makes an enormous contribution to a wide range of different areas. She serves as a councillor, contributes to charity and community organisations, and dedicates her time to various causes, organisations, schools and more. Kay is very [...]
Agriculture
SHADOW Minister for Agriculture Brendan Moylan has hit out at the Minns Labor Government for announcing yet another review into feral pigs. Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty on Thursday announced nearly 250,000 pigs have been culled across New South Wales over the last three years, barely putting a dent into pig populations. Mr Moylan said [...]
Operation Soteria
A teenager was bail refused when he faced court today, charged following a string of alleged break-and-enters in Tamworth. Between 9pm on Monday March 2 and 6am on Tuesday March 3, three break-and-enters were reported in the Tamworth area, including at a residence on Waree Drive, Hillvue. This was followed by a break-and-enter at an [...]
Women’s Week
FOUR exceptional women and an organisation founded by women have been named as recipients of the 2026 NSW Women of the Year Awards. The awards recognise extraordinary women for leadership, compassion and contributions to communities across New South Wales. The NSW Women of the Year Awards 2026 recipients include NSW Premier’s Woman of Excellence professor [...]
Law and Order
A man will face court, charged with drug and firearm offences following a search yesterday at a residence in Warialda. Officers attached to New England Police District conducted a firearms prohibition order compliance search at an address on Long Street, Warialda, at about 2pm on Thursday. During the search, officers allegedly found a 30-year-old man [...]
Education
YEAR 12 student Heidi Cannington from Moree says she has learned many things during her time at The Armidale School – one of them is appreciating the “endless opportunities” on offer. “Whether it’s academics, creative arts, sport, service or activities like cadets, there’s so much for everyone,” Heid said. Heidi is TAS sports house captain, [...]
