After an extensive recruitment process, Dr Janelle Montgomery has been named as the new program lead for the Australian cotton industry’s extension program, CottonInfo. An industry leader in her own right, Dr Montgomery is a familiar and trusted face, having been part...
Narrabri District Cricket Association’s 2023/24 season Coates Hire Namoi Super Slog competition is underway and two teams are off to a flying start. There were four entertaining T20 matches contested across Friday and Saturday, with two of them won by NKT Excavations...
Firefighters have been assisted by aircraft and heavy machinery to control bush fires burning in parts of the Narrabri district, including a significant fire in the Pilliga Forest. Across the weekend, firefighters from the Rural Fire Service, National Parks and...
As the holiday season approaches, Narrabri Shire Council is urging residents to boost the local economy and support businesses through shopping locally and enjoying council’s Christmas Activation Program and taking advantage of the Why Leave Town Gift Card initiative....
The popular Moree on a Plate food festival will receive a welcome boost as organisers plan a milestone event in 2024. Next year will mark the festival’s 20th anniversary, with festivities being boosted by $20,000. The support will come from the NSW government’s...
Moree Plains Shire Council will receive a $6.9 million boost for road upgrades. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall made the announcement alongside mayor Mark Johnson at Amaroo Drive, Moree, one of the roads likely to benefit from funding. Moree Plains Shire...
The Albanese Labor government’s bill to rescue the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has passed the Senate, and is now set to pass the parliament, said Minister for Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek in a media statement released on Thursday, November 30. “This is a...
Communities and farmers along the Murray Darling Basin have been “sold out” as a result of the passage of the federal government’s legislation to rewrite the 2012 Murray-Darling Basin Plan. This was the NSW Irrigators’ Council’s response after amendments to the plan...
On Friday, September 29, 2023, Ronal (Ron) Clarence McKenzie, husband of Jan (dec), father of Susan, Stuart (dec), and Libby, passed away aged 92 years. Ron was born in Quirindi on July 27, 1931, to Clarence William (dec) and Clarice Olive (dec) McKenzie, a brother...
The word, ‘Advent’ is usually associated with the first season of the new Church liturgical Calendar leading up to Christmas. Advent can also be associated with ‘the arrival of a notable person or thing’. Mr Google tells us that the first day of Advent begins a...
Hundreds of shoppers, browsers, locals and visitors just dropping in for a look, thronged Narrabri Rotary’s riverside markets on Saturday morning. It was a busy scene - perhaps the busiest market day yet. Stalls and customers filled the village common and cars were...
It’s beginning to look, feel and sound a lot like Christmas in Wee Waa, with the popular community carols evening kicking off the silly season last Sunday. Local families, friends and visitors gathered in the glorious gardens of Whiddon (Weeronga) to sing-along to...