March 18, 2026
Safe staffing in Mid North Coast hospital EDs Recruitment for more nurses is underway. File photo.
Community, Health

Safe staffing in Mid North Coast hospital EDs

TWENTY-SEVEN more hospitals across NSW are rolling-out safe staffing levels in their emergency departments. On the Mid North Coast, these include the Coffs Harbour Health Campus, Macksville District Hospital, Kempsey District Hospital, Port Macquarie Base Hospital and Manning Base Hospital, This brings to 40 the number of hospitals across the state that have started operating […]

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Tooheys flood relief Initiative raises $60k for impacted communities Charlie Nalder, Director at North Coast Hotel Group, at the bar of the Corindi Beach Hotel.
Community

Tooheys flood relief Initiative raises $60k for impacted communities

THE Tooheys NSW Flood Relief Initiative has donated $60k to the recovery effort being carried out across flood-affected areas of the state, including the Mid North Coast. In partnership with North Coast Hotel Group (NCHG), C.ex Group and the Australian Hotels Association of New South Wales (AHA NSW), the initiative ran from 12 June to […]

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Coffs Council names new GM to guide city’s growth City of Coffs Harbour’s new General Manager Murray Wood with Mayor Nikki Williams. Photo: CHCC.
Community, Local News

Coffs Council names new GM to guide city’s growth

THE new General Manager of Coffs Harbour City Council has been described as the “right person” to manage the region’s rapid growth. Murray Wood was officially appointed during an extraordinary meeting of councillors on Monday evening, 25 August. The former Dubbo Regional Council CEO will start in the role on 8 December. Mayor Nikki Williams […]

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Woolgoolga WWII veteran Colin Robertson celebrates his 100th birthday Colin and his wife Patricia at the Probus’ birthday party.
Community

Woolgoolga WWII veteran Colin Robertson celebrates his 100th birthday

A surprise trike tour to Raleigh Winery with trike owner Brent Watson. Probus’ David Hough with Colin at the Bluebottles Café in Woolgoolga. Colin Robertson’s stepdaughter Michelle at his birthday party at Sawtell RSL. Colin and his wife Patricia at the Probus’ birthday party. WORLD War II veteran Colin (Col) Robertson, a resident of Woolgoolga, […]

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First Mayoral Ball raises almost $66k for Coffs’ Kids Charity City of Coffs Harbour councillors Gurminder Saro, Nikki Williams (Mayor), Les Oxford, Julie Sechi, Cath Fowler and George Cecato. Photos: Kirrin Photography.
Community

First Mayoral Ball raises almost $66k for Coffs’ Kids Charity

City of Coffs Harbour councillors Gurminder Saro, Nikki Williams (Mayor), Les Oxford, Julie Sechi, Cath Fowler and George Cecato. Photos: Kirrin Photography. MC Brad Daymond. City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams. Coffs Harbour celebrates the city’s first Mayoral Ball and the launch of ‘Coffs Kids Charity’. Coffs Harbour celebrates the city’s first Mayoral Ball […]

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Bonville Sawtell Lions donate to Little Wings Clare Pearson (Little Wings), Bonville Sawtell Lions Peter Paunovic and Club President Warren Sydenham.
Community

Bonville Sawtell Lions donate to Little Wings

BONVILLE Sawtell Lions Club made a donation of $2500 to Little Wings to help support their charitable work transporting country children to city areas for ongoing medical treatment. Little Wings is a not-for-profit organisation that provides free, professional, safe flight and ground transport services for seriously ill children in rural and regional NSW, ACT and […]

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Cancer Council hosts financial and legal support clinic in Coffs Harbour Cancer Council NSW is hosting a free financial and legal support clinic in Coffs Harbour.
Community, Event, Health

Cancer Council hosts financial and legal support clinic in Coffs Harbour

CANCER Council NSW is hosting a free financial and legal support clinic for Coffs Harbour locals on 9-10 September at Norm Jordan Pavilion. Funded by a grant from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation, the clinic will support cancer patients to prepare legal documents such as wills, Enduring Power of Attorney, and Appointment of Enduring Guardian. […]

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11th anniversary of Yazidi genocide commemorated by Coffs Harbour community City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams, commemoration organiser Elias Elias, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and event speaker Asaad Aldakh.
Community

11th anniversary of Yazidi genocide commemorated by Coffs Harbour community

Young Yazidi women who experienced the genocide tell their story. Coffs Harbour Yazidis gather to commemorate the 11th anniversary of the genocide in Sinjar. A Yazidi woman views photos of those lost or killed in the genocide. Many photos of lost or murdered family members were shared at the commemoration. MOURNFUL wailing filled the room […]

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Historic tea set gifted to Nambucca museum
Community

Historic tea set gifted to Nambucca museum

Cheryl Dal Pozzo and Margaret Duffus with the tea service. Captain William Whaites and wife Emily Bayldon. CHERYL Dal Pozzo (nee Whaites), a descendant of Captain William Whaites, has gifted the Nambucca Headland Museum a silver tea service presented to her great grandparents by the Nambucca River community in 1889. The engraved set, which when […]

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