Our region

Ganmain brigade fired up over new tanker

Volunteers at the Ganmain Rural Fire Service are celebrating the delivery of a new $350,000 CAT 1 tanker for fighting urban and grassland fires. The tanker was unveiled on Wednesday by Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott and...

Kim Woods

16 Sep 2020

Narrandera

Workers to reap jobs from bumper harvest

With the Narrandera Shire enjoying one of the biggest winter crops in decades, GrainCorp is adding to local jobs growth.

Kim Woods

09 Sep 2020

Our region

Digging it: Garden art finds new home in Barellan

Amanda McCloy has added a new business to the retail precinct in Barellan. Photo supplied Barellan nurse Amanda McCloy has turned her passion for art into a new business in the town’s main street. Mrs McCloy has given an old billiards saloon a new...

Kim Woods

09 Sep 2020

Our region

Leeton local’s business bridging service gaps

Leeton’s Jodie Ryan started her business My Plan Connect to bridge a gap in services available for those living with disabilities in her local community. My Plan Connect is funded through the National Disability Insurance Scheme, which allows...

Claire Williams

09 Sep 2020

Our region

Leeton exhibition showcases water pioneers’ story

The early struggles and innovation of those pioneering the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area are showcased in the Water by Design exhibition at Leeton. The Leeton Museum and Gallery, formerly the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, houses the...

Claire Williams

02 Sep 2020

Our region

Regional schools to benefit from fly-in fly-out pyschology services

Rankin Springs, Weethalle and West Wyalong schools are benefitting from a fly-in fly-out psychology and telepsychology service. Sixteen permanent senior psychologists will be introduced to support students in regional and remote parts of NSW with...

Kim Woods

31 Aug 2020

Our region

Regional community encouraged to support Legacy Week online

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke is encouraging the community to support Legacy Week, the annual appeal to care for the families of veterans who have served for our country. Ms Cooke said funds raised from Legacy Week assist approximately 60,000...

Kim Woods

31 Aug 2020

Our region

Poker-machine plunderers cause community concern

The trend of city hoteliers buying local rural pubs and stripping them of their poker machines has ignited the wrath of Coolamon Shire Council. The Council resolved in July to write to the Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello about...

Kim Woods

26 Aug 2020

Our region

Aviation museum progress as farmer spreads wings

The vision of Barellan farmer and aircraft enthusiast Robert Walker to open an on-farm aviation museum is now closer to reality with a soft launch of the collection. Due to COVID regulations, the launch in August was restricted to those who had...

Kim Woods

26 Aug 2020

Our region

Alarm bells ringing over electoral boundary

The prospect of a single electorate west of the Blue Mountains and the bush losing its political voice in coming decades has Narrandera councillors fuming. Council resolved to submit a motion to the Local Government NSW annual conference in November...

Kim Woods

26 Aug 2020

Coolamon

Long road to recovery leads to Weethalle bikers hub

Fat Bob and the Blonde Headquarters is the name of Heather Ward’s business in Weethalle. Miss Heather is Heather’s nickname given to her by her motorcycle companions. “Motorcyclists always have nicknames. Because I was on my own in groups...

Claire Williams

19 Aug 2020

Our region

Excitement builds for Whitton Malt House

The Whitton Malt House is set to become one of the Riverina’s best tourist attractions trading off the back of a “dirt to shirt” concept. Whitton Malt House business manager Matthew Pete has been taking bookings for accommodation, corporate...

Claire Williams

19 Aug 2020

Our region

Museum reveals dark secrets from farm’s past

The dark past of the former Riverina Welfare Farm at Yanco emerges from within the walls of the gaol cell. The worst offenders were confined to the three dank, cold cells or separate solitary confinement cell. The Sydney Truth demanded a full public...

Kim Woods

19 Aug 2020

Our region

Contemporary Wiradjuri artists to present free floor talk at Griffith gallery

Some of our region’s finest contemporary Wiradjuri artists, featured in a new exhibition Yarruwala Wiradjuri: Country Culture Community, will present a free floor talk at Griffith Regional Art Gallery on August 20 at 5:30pm. The exhibition is part...

Kim Woods

17 Aug 2020

Our region

Barellan’s tennis legend Evonne Goolagong Cawley portrayed in theatre production

The glittering World Premiere of Sunshine Super Girl, a new theatre work celebrating national living treasure and sporting legend Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, will be the centrepiece of the inaugural Yarruwala Wiradjuri Cultural Festival, this October...

Kim Woods

12 Aug 2020

Lockhart

Fischer sculpture won’t join train on time

The Last Train from Boree has been installed at the Tim Fischer Park ready for the sculpture of Tim himself by Urana scrap metal artist Andrew Whitehead. Photo: Andrew Whitehead The scrap art sculpture of one of the nation’s most respected...

Kim Woods

12 Aug 2020

Our region

Goolgowi Rabbitoh Harry Robertson shoots to stardom in Farmer Wants a Wife

GOOLGOWI Rabbitohs player Harry Robertson has shot to stardom as an eligible batchelor on the popular reality TV show, Farmer Wants a Wife. A familiar face in the ProTen Community Cup league, Robertson is one of five farmers armed with a bevy of...

Kim Woods

10 Aug 2020

Coolamon

Coolamon Rotary Club lends a hand to fire stricken Batlow for a new men’s shed

COOLAMON Rotary Club is supporting its sister Rotary Club of Batlow in its efforts to establish a Men’s Shed in the bushfire-stricken town. Coolamon Rotarians have donated $10,000 towards the project after signing a sister club agreement with...

Kim Woods

10 Aug 2020

Our region

Barellan CWA back to physical meetings and sharing memories of Ecuador

BARELLAN Country Women’s Association met recently after the forced COVID-19 break with catch-ups made via Zoom on Fridays. Secretary Cheryl Mayberry said it was good to see members again in person at the CWA Rest House. Denise Robertson shared...

Kim Woods

10 Aug 2020