Team leader for Woolgoolga Red Cross Emergency Service Judith Jackson receives the National Emergency Medal from Chairman of the Divisional Advisory Board Nick Young. Judith Jackson with State Director Ismail Ibrahim and Emergency Services Manager Mark Ludbrooke. RED Cross volunteer Judith Jackson, the team leader for Woolgoolga Red Cross Emergency Services, has been presented with […]

Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer Reg Craig with Aboriginal Health Practitioner Laurie Clay accepting the Excellence in Aboriginal Healthcare award for the Hastings Aboriginal Diabetes Education Service. Acting Hastings Macleay Clinical Network Coordinator Jo Campbell presents the Nurse/Midwife of the Year Award to Clinical Nurse Educator Julie Claridge from Coffs Harbour. MNCLHD Acting Director Integrated Mental […]

Tooheys has launched a flood relief initiative in partnership with local venues. Australian Hotels Association’s John Green and Lion NSW Field Sales Director Greg Watt. TOOHEYS has teamed up with a range of Coffs Coast venues to support flood recovery efforts. The beer brand has launched the Tooheys NSW Flood Relief initiative in partnership with […]

Alice Foster speaks at ArtsNational. The Ruby Loftus 1943 painting ‘Screwing a Breech Ring’. OXFORD-based art historian Alice Foster was the guest speaker at ArtsNational Coffs Coast in May, sharing how art reflects the social, political and economic forces of the time. Ms Foster’s presentation “Women at Work”, described how art is a rich historical […]

Titled ‘Life Worth Listening’, the podcast features heartfelt, insightful, and often surprising conversations with locals who are living with passion, purpose, and a dash of adventure. Nambucca Heads’ Mick Birtles uses his podcast to highlight grassroots people doing extraordinary things. MICK Birtles, a regular reporter for News Of The Area and a familiar voice on […]

THE Clarence Catchment Alliance (CCA) and Clarence Valley Council (CVC) are calling for immediate and stronger protections against the threat of escalating mineral mining. Both groups say that NSW regulations fail to protect critical water sources. The NSW Government is implementing a new Targeted Assessment Program (TAP) to assess how mines manage surface and groundwater, […]

MARY Gibson has lived on a hilltop property in Talarm for more than 40 years. A dedicated gardener, conservationist and active member of the community, Mary also has a remarkable tale of recovery to share. Her pleasant and fruitful daily existence took a shocking turn on the morning of December 9, 2022, when she took […]

Ryley Schultz from Freedom Feast supporters Ventoux Cycles and former Hazara refugee Muzafar Ali. The Freedom Feast in Cavanbah Hall. A FREEDOM Feast was held on 6 June at Cavanbah Hall to welcome former refugee and advocate Muzafar Ali from Cisaru Education and Ride for Education, as he pedals from Maleny in Queensland to Adelaide. […]

  Cr Tony Judge addresses the crowd.   Jeff Holmes, Cr Paul Amos, Cr Tony Judge, Sue Higginson MLC, Sally Townley and Cr Jonathan Cassell. Photo: Foreshore For All.   SEVERAL hundred people gathered at the Coffs Harbour foreshore on the chilly Saturday morning of 14 June to protest State Government plans to rezone public […]

Coles Coffs Harbour provides a battery recycling bin in the carpark pedestrian entrance. The battery recycling bin in Woolworths Coffs City. Coffs Harbour’s FRNSW Acting Station Officer Tim George. LITHIUM-ION batteries are the fastest growing fire risk in NSW They power phones, laptops, e-bikes, e-scooters, power tools and even vacuum cleaners. “Lithium batteries make life […]