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Community action continues at Mt Coramba

Community members were detained by police after halting logging operations. Photo: Bellingen Activist Network. A drone image of a logged area of Orara East State Forest. Photo: Photo: Bellingen Activist Network. FORTY people gathered at a locked gate outside Orara East State Forest on 18 June, with 25 singing and dancing their way into the […]

Government

E-petition launched to secure additional flood support

AN E-PETITION is now available on the NSW Parliament website calling for upgraded support to assist Hunter and Mid North Coast communities devastated by the May flood. It has now been more than a month since parts of the Mid North Coast were impacted by severe weather which saw more than 5,000 properties inundated and […]

Local News

Wins for Coffs TAFE students at WorldSkills championships

TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour students performed very well at the WorldSkills Australia 2025 National Championships, held in Brisbane from 12-14 June. Connor Roberts claimed a silver medal in 3D Digital Game Art and received the award at the medal ceremony on Sunday in front of hundreds of vocational students from across the country. Fynn Robins […]

Sport

‘Wasn’t ideal’: Lomax opens up on Origin goalkicking

ZAC Lomax concedes his goal-kicking “wasn’t ideal” in the second State of Origin game but has vowed not to board any emotional rollercoaster triggered by NSW’s tight loss. NSW scored five tries to Queensland’s four in Wednesday night’s game but went down 26-24 as Lomax landed only two of five attempts at goal in wet […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Proposal opens the gate

DEAR News Of The Area, THE ethical virtue of the words accompanying the deliberately long-winded ‘Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore revitalisation planning proposal public exhibition’ have caused me to recoil in disgust, because they only partly tell the whole truth about this proposal. Statements from this document are only partly right, lack virtue, honesty and nobility […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Meaningless platitudes from the Treasurer

DEAR News Of The Area, JIM Chalmers’ address to the National Press Club yesterday was filled with meaningless platitudes and uncomfortable contradictions that saw him continue his self-appointed role as a sideline commentator rather than the nation’s Treasurer. That may have passed during the first year of his first term, but as we look down […]

Sport

North Coast Force teams ready for rep games in Gunnedah

AFL North Coast’s best senior players are ready to represent their region this weekend. North Coast Force men’s and women’s teams head to Gunnedah for a big day of representative games. The Force men’s team play their first representative game since 2018, when they take on the North West Blue Heelers. The Force will look […]

Sport

Coffs Under 15s netballers win state title

COFFS Harbour Netball Association’s Under 15s side has triumphed against the best in the state. The representative players won the Under 15s Division 3 title at the recent Netball NSW Hart Senior State Titles in Sydney. The Coffs Coast girls claimed 17 of their 18 matches over the three-day event on the Kings Birthday long […]

Sport

Boambee Bombers Stun Yamba in Major Upset

THE Boambee Bombers handed league leaders Yamba Breakers a shock 4-2 defeat in Saturday’s Men’s Premier League clash in Yamba, ending the Breakers’ seven-game unbeaten streak. It was the Bombers who came out of the blocks with fire in their bellies. Just three minutes in, Brad Clancy found the back of the net, giving Boambee […]

Government

Council endorses Coffs Creek Floodplain plan

A COMPREHENSIVE study of the Coffs Creek floodplain – including a prioritised list of potential measures to further mitigate flood risk – has been endorsed by City of Coffs Harbour Council. At its meeting on 19 June, Council resolved to back the Coffs Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan which was placed on public […]