Tony Redman’s sensational 2024/25 bowls season continued on Saturday when he was crowned the champion of Narrabri Bowling Club’s super veteran singles competition. Redman challenged Len Ryan in the over-70s competition decider and he prevailed 26 shots to 11 in 17...
Kevin Baguley and Larry Scott are the Narrabri Bowling Club’s 2024/25 season men’s club fours competition champions following a comfortable victory in Saturday’s final. The brother-in-law duo took on Ian Macmillan and Stuart Coleman in the decider at the John McNamara...
Young offenders stealing cars or holding the elderly at knifepoint are being put on notice with dedicated police officers posted in hotspots to tackle a surge in regional crime. Launching the police operation in Dubbo, which has experienced an uptick in juvenile...
Has it really been that long? On April 3, 1973, the first mobile phone call was made in downtown Manhattan, NYC by Motorola employee Martin Cooper to the Bell Labs headquarters in New Jersey.
March has proven to be a wet month for Narrabri with almost 190mm recorded at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Narrabri Airport station. But it’s nothing compared to the wettest March on record ... 510.3mm in 1894. March 1894 is also Narrabri’s wettest month ever recorded....
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, April 6. That means winter is near. However, don’t get the doona out yet. The Bureau of Meteorology outlook for April to June says above average daily temperatures are very likely (greater than 80 per cent chance), as well as above...
Thumbs up to the female who did the shire's job and unblocked the drain in McKenzie Street. She had more go than the shire worker who came and looked and drove off.
Thumbs down to people driving through floodwater and pushing it further into people’s yards. Show some consideration!
Thank you to the SES for your quick response during the floods - they arrived within minutes of calling.
Narrabri and Wee Waa were both represented in Saturday’s Westpac Regional Under-17s Lisa Fiaola Cup rugby league grand final as Ashley Hanslow pulled on the number 10 jersey for the Northern Tigers. The 16-year-old Narrabri girl, who is a Wee Waa High School student...
Boggabri is known for being the ‘little town with a big heart’ and contributing to this is a couple of ladies knitting jumpers for little penguins. Noreen Boehm volunteers at the Boggabri John Prior Multi Purpose Service one day a week, helping the diversional...
St Patrick’s Day was an opportunity for the residents, staff and visitors to celebrate, have fun and laugh out loud. The celebrations were held over two days - Monday, March 17 and the bowls and fly swat tennis on Wednesday, March 19. Residents and staff alike were...