A TRAILBLAZER who founded a local Aboriginal Corporation, which provides wrap-around support for youth, is this year’s winner of the 2026 Grace Roberts Memorial Community Development Award. Jeremy Widders received the highest honour at the 2026 presentations of the Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Community Awards at Yarrila Place. The gala ceremony was one of many […]

Jenn Klufas. Emily Cavagnino. Cherie Timms. Group mentors: Kyra Brown, Blyde Neser, Michelle McFadyen, Angela Martin and Kyrstal Brown. THE 2026 Coffs Coast Woman of the Year, Angela Martin, CEO of Lifeline North Coast, has used the prize money from her award to establish the Women of Impact Scholarship. The scholarship will support local women […]

WEDNESDAY July 1 was day one of retirement for Coffs Coast real estate identity Peter Auld (71). After three decades in property sales the man, born and raised in Bourke, looks back with a warm heart for the regions he served with passion: Nambucca Valley, Coffs Coast, Clarence Valley and Grafton. “I am forever grateful […]