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A flood diagram included in last Thursday’s Courier, detailing what can happen at various water heights, carried an incorrect date for the 8.15-metre flood listed as being on July 24, 1988. That flood was recorded on the same...

The Gypsy Willow Markets, usually held at the Selina Street common, will have a temporary home this Saturday due the heightened Narrabri Creek. The market will be held by the West lake at Walowa Street.

Narrabri VRA veteran Harvey Black reflected that his early Narrabri days were spent working at the Australia Telescope, amid a bevy of astronomy boffins. “They were all PhDs or Bachelors of Science” he said. “Myself and a mate...

There has been more helicopter activity in the skies of Narrabri Shire over the past week as the Westpac Rescue chopper ferries patients from Narrabri and Wee Waa who would normally be transported by the roads which were cut by...

Two former Narrabri residents are among the 19 candidates for the Tamworth council elections, Brooke Southwell and Chris Buckman. Chris has previous experience as an elected representative – he was a member of Narrabri...

A major newspaper in India has an editorial policy not to print the faces of people not wearing COVID masks. The unmasked faces appear as just a white circle.

The scammers have gone into overdrive during the pandemic. Topical knows of two local recipients of scam calls, one from the UK and the other from Sri Lanka, of all places – should have rung alarm bells. The current scam...

Plain speaking is the best way to run a business – it’s called ‘radical candour’ reports The Economist newspaper. To navigate the corporate workplace, you need a phrasebook. Some examples -“I hear you”. Ostensible meaning:...

Where are the workers? Many local businesses, of all kinds, have evidently been searching in vain for staff. The shortage has been ongoing and is being felt across the spectrum of businesses locally and through the region. One...