NARRABRI Shire Council is forecasting a $5.5m deficit in the next financial year, with staff citing rising costs, reduced grant funding and cost shifting from other levels of government among the key budget pressures. The council's 2026–27 draft operational plan and...
LISA Pillar, Eva Sadler, Rebecca Taylor and Janice Fox are the Narrabri Bowling Club's club four champions for 2025/2026. They defeated Lorraine Scott, Debbie Gleeson, Ronnie Dewar and Marie Redman. Pillar's team led from the beginning winning the first four ends to...
THE Morton Memorial Mixed 4BBB Stableford was played on Sunday 31 May. Ken Nolan and Leisa Eather were the winners on the day, scoring 44 points on a countback. Runner-up was awarded to Margot and Peter Leitch on 44 points while Bob and Maree Taylor were third on 43...
NARRABRI Shire Council is seeking clarity from the federal government in relation to the recently axed Inland Rail project and its impact on the district. The Inland Rail project was a multibillion-dollar Australian infrastructure initiative designed to construct a...
THREE local scientists whose work is shaping the future of Australian cotton have been named finalists for the 2026 Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year award. The award, to be presented at the 2026 Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast as part of...
IT'S wonderful to be back on the pages of the Gunnedah Times in its first edition under the ownership of Times News Group. This is great news for the Gunnedah Shire community who value having a local paper to voice concerns and opinions, find out about upcoming events...
DARRELL TIEMENS Mayor, Narrabri Shire Council One of the best pieces of news our community has received this year was the announcement that the Narrabri Courier and the Wee Waa News would continue publishing. Like many residents, I was relieved and pleased to see...
JAMIE CHAFFEY Federal member for Parkes In this age when community is more important than ever, local newspapers play an irreplaceable role in celebrating the wonderful people, places and organisations we love in regional New South Wales. The rise of social media and...
ROY BUTLER Independent Member for Barwon Welcome back! It was a mercifully short gap between editions, but enough time to really drive home how central the Courier and the Wee Waa News are to their communities. I congratulate the Times News Group for recognising the...
A big crowd rolled up to be part of Narrabri Touch's Wee Waa gala night, with both junior and adult players taking to the field, as well as community members enjoying the action from the sidelines. "We were very happy with the event, ecstatic with the amount of people...
DYLAN SMITH Dedication to the Gunnedah community, and her role in the David-and-Goliath battle against BHP and Shenhua on the Liverpool Plains, has seen Susan Lyle awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia. Lyle was announced as a medal recipient in the King's...
TIMES NEWS GROUP The Courier (Narrabri Shire) returns today after a month-long absence that many feared would become permanent. When the Courier, Gunnedah Times and Wee Waa News published their final editions on 7 May, generations of readers were left wondering...