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Northwest Speedway Club Narrabri hosts the inaugural Julie Shoobert Memorial

Northwest Speedway Club Narrabri hosted their third race night of the 2023/24 campaign on Saturday, and what a night it was at the WTC Group Speedway track. The local club welcomed a talented group of SSA production sedan drivers who battled it out for their NSW...

Violet Street bridge to remain open

Narrabri Shire Council has advised residents that after initial works conducted by geotechnical consultants, the Violet Street bridge is no longer required to close between April 17 and 24. Consultants are currently investigating alternate options to complete their...

Police appeal for information after child approached in Narrabri West

Police are appealing for information following a reported child approach in Narrabri West last week. About 7.45am on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, a 12-year-old boy was at a bus stop on Mooloobar Street, when a woman in a black utility stopped and offered him a lift....

Narrabri High School students triumphant at Da Vinci Decathlon

By Rod Ritchie To say the Da Vinci Decathlon is hard is a bit like saying Einstein was quite bright or Bradman could bat a bit. It’s not wrong, but really goes only a tiny way towards explaining what is going on. The Da Vinci Decathlon is hard in the way that...

Richard Barry continues fight for Vietnam National Servicemen’s campaign medal

Richard Barry OAM, of Narrabri, a National Service veteran of the Vietnam War, has for many years campaigned for medal recognition for a cohort of Australia’s National Service soldiers who served in the war. He tabled the following at a Narrabri RSL Sub-branch meeting...

Wee Waa Panthers proud of their long-awaited return to Group 4 Rugby League competition

Sunday was a proud moment for the town of Wee Waa as the local rugby league club made its return to Group 4 Rugby League for the first time since the 2018 season. It was not the comeback the Panthers were hoping for as all three grades went down against the...

Concerns voiced about recurrent illegal dumping near northern town entrance to Narrabri

Recurrent illegal dumping near the northern entrance to Narrabri has been met with ire from local residents. What started as an abandoned vehicle near the intersection of the Newell Highway and Killarney Gap Road has evolved into an act of vandalism and the dumping of...

Charlie’s Charts 17th April 2024

The local market had a shocker yesterday and overall is looking weaker after The All Ordinaries Index closed 1.8 per cent lower and below the recent support zone. How low will this correction take it? The US based S@P 500 index is yet to breach the recent support...

Narrabri Public School students’ inspiring Anzac remembrance

Narrabri Public School students paid an inspiring remembrance to Anzac Day at their special commemorative assembly last Friday, April 12. Cultural ambassador Angel Stanford delivered the official acknowledgment to country and recited ‘The Best on Earth’ By Joanna...

Blue Boars dominate in the first game of their CNRU women’s premiership defence

Narrabri Rugby Club’s women’s team got their Central North Rugby Union competition premiership defence off to a flying start on Saturday when they demolished the Moree Bulls 53-5 at Weebolla Oval. The 2023 season grand final winners were playing in their first game of...

Bulls take down the Blue Boars at Weebolla Oval but Gleeson happy with his side’s performance

Narrabri Rugby Club’s first XV put up an admirable fight at Weebolla Oval on Saturday but the Moree Bulls were too good in round two of the Central North Rugby Union season. The defending champions and the Narrabri men were both playing their first games of the season...