AN investigation is underway following a house fire and serious assault in Coffs Harbour. Shortly after 5:30am on Sunday 7 September, emergency services were called to reports of a fire on Wongala Drive. Officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District attended the location and found a house well alight. Fire and Rescue NSW attended and extinguished the […]
Woolgoolga 30 met the trawler just off North Solitary Island.
Woolgoolga 30 met the trawler just off North Solitary Island. Woolgoolga 30 met the trawler just off North Solitary Island. VOLUNTEERS from Marine Rescue Woolgoolga have completed a medical evacuation from a fishing trawler near North Solitary Island. Marine Rescue NSW Inspector Rodney Page said Marine Rescue Woolgoogla were contacted by a member of the […]
Police conducted 9166 drug tests during the three-day blitz. Photo: NSW Police.
NSW POLICE have targeted motorists affected by alcohol, drugs and fatigue during a three-day operation. Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) ran from 21-23 August across all NSW roads. During this period, police conducted more than 87,000 breath tests and 9166 drug tests. There were 186 drink driving offences detected and 660 positive drug samples. […]
Councillor Tony Judge thinks the City is missing an opportunity to develop ‘strong measures’ to reduce homelessness.
COUNCILLOR Tony Judge has branded the draft City of Coffs Harbour Homelessness Strategy as a “missed opportunity” to collaborate with service providers and the State Government on “strong measures” to reduce homelessness. “The draft strategy is an excellent piece of research that identifies the extent of homelessness in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area,” Cr […]
Lavenders Bridge during flooding in 2024.
AN information session featuring emergency services and support agencies will discuss the role of evacuation centres in the Bellingen Shire. The session, to be held on Thursday 14 August at the Bellingen Neighbourhood Centre, will help residents understand how evacuation centres are established and operated in times of emergency. Recent weather events, including Ex-Tropical Cyclone […]
THE family of Tinonee resident Scott Hayden is pleading for the public’s help to help locate the missing 46-year-old. Scott was last seen on the evening of 30 May in his car on Thunderbolts Way, Tibbuc. The vehicle was found abandoned the following day, parked on the side of the road near Tibbuc Road. The […]
CASH, cryptocurrency and even gold nuggets are among the alleged spoils of a long-running scheme to rig and inflate contracts for roadworks. A former department officer is believed to be in hiding, after a failed attempt to leave Australia on a US passport. The alleged rigging and inflation of contracts by Transport for NSW procurement […]
A community survey will examine community attitudes to road safety issues.
THE City of Coffs Harbour is partnering with The George Institute for Global Health in a road safety project being trialled in seven NSW Local Government Areas. The next phase in the pilot is a community survey which will examine community attitudes to road safety issues, including speeding. In the most recent five-year period reported […]
NEW data reveals rates of domestic violence, sexual assault and retail theft have increased in NSW over the last two years. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has released its latest report on 13 major criminal offences. Stealing from a motor vehicle was the only major offence to show a significant decline […]
MATTHEW James Maton, 38, will face court again in August after being charged following a string of alleged break and enters in Coffs Harbour last month. Officers attached to Coffs/Clarence Police District commenced investigations after several businesses were broken into across the Coffs Harbour CBD and North Boambee Valley between Wednesday 21 May and Tuesday […]
