A TONGUE-IN-CHEEK campaign encouraging drivers to drive at a safe speed aims to address the serious and shocking statistic showing motorists in Coffs Harbour have the heaviest feet in northern NSW. The catch-line ‘Slow the f*st down, thank you, Coffs Harbour’ will be rolled out on bus signage, bumper stickers and across popular social media […]

MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp and Premier Chris Minns butted heads in NSW Parliament last week over youth crime and bail laws. During Question Time on Tuesday, 21 October, Mr Kemp asked whether it would take a death from crime before the Government acted to tighten youth bail laws. The Oxley MP’s question came days […]

About 4.20pm yesterday, emergency services responded to reports of a vehicle travelling along Hammond Street, Bellingen, when it left the roadway and crashed into two parked and unattended cars in a carpark. Bystanders and attending officers from Coffs-Clarence Police District performed CPR on a female passenger – believed to be aged in her 70s – […]

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. 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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]