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Narrabri Red Cross donates to Boggabri MPS

Narrabri Red Cross donates to Boggabri MPS

Narrabri Red Cross members have been busy knitting trauma teddies and beautiful crocheted knee rugs. Recently, Lyn Tuckey and Rhonda Fitzgerald brought eight rugs and 15 trauma teddies to Boggabri and donated them to the Boggabri John Prior Multi Purpose Service....

Happy 99th birthday, Myra Smith

Happy 99th birthday, Myra Smith

Born in 1926 in Narrabri, Myra Smith has lived through the Great Depression, World War ll, and the digital age. After celebrating her 99th birthday at Whiddon Robert Young on Thursday, April 17, Myra attended the Lord’s Supper Mass that evening where Father Paul...

Literally Illustrating – igniting imagination through art

Literally Illustrating – igniting imagination through art

ArtsNational Narrabri presented a Young Arts Award donation to Graeme Compton at the Narrabri Art & Craft gallery on Thursday, April 17. The funds will be facilitating an initiative by Graeme to organise a workshop weekend for six Year 12 HSC art students...

Why do Formula one cars crash so easily?

Why do Formula one cars crash so easily?

Narrabri-based scientist Dr Bec Thistlethwaite contributes a column to The Courier on the science in our daily lives. Readers are invited to send their science questions in to Dr Bec via [email protected] Crashing a Formula one car is surprisingly easy - not...

Charlie’s Charts 24thApril 2025

Charlie’s Charts 24thApril 2025

The local market is moving up on the back of good gains in US stocks after Trump toned down the language of tariffs on China and on not firing Fed chair Powell. Markets very much liked that and rose strongly. This currently “V” shaped bottom shows the volatility of...

Thumbs up 24/4/25

Thumbs up to the kind, community people helping people write submissions about HNELHD.

Thumbs up 24/4/25

Thumbs up to the Burren Junction School swimmers who achieved silver medal success in the pool at the state champs. What a swim!

Thumbs up 24/4/25

Thumbs up - having attended last Wednesday evening’s council meeting, I know the team of councillors are on the job looking after the safety of Narrabri citizens young and not so. Great debate and democracy in action commonsense prevailed! Thank you Mr Mayor.

Topical 24/4/25

New restricted Anzac Day trading hours for retailers were announced by the NSW government in July last year in an effort to respect veterans and ensure people could take part in services throughout the day. Retailers such as liquor stores, supermarkets and fashion...

Topical 24/4/25

Motorists are reminded that double demerits are in place in NSW and ACT for four consecutive days from Thursday, April 24 until Sunday, April 27 over the Anzac Day long weekend. So take care on the roads when travelling.

Council to seek more battery details, rescinds licence agreement

Council to seek more battery details, rescinds licence agreement

Narrabri Shire Council will seek further information about the safety and risks of a community battery after rescinding an earlier decision to grant the project a licence agreement. Council agreed at its March meeting to enter into the licence agreement, subject to...