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Community petition to improve Hinds Street area gains traction

Community petition to improve Hinds Street area gains traction

The spirit of community collaboration was in the air as Hinds Street residents, council representatives, and Summit housing development officers gathered to discuss plans and funding for an area of town that will no longer be forgotten. Members met at Winanga-Li House...

Topical 4/7/23

No one could know what the actual number is but the world apparently has 600 million domestic cats, of which an estimated 480 million are roaming free. Cats, whether urban or bush, and roaming free, are just as feral as the fiercest wild cat in their destruction of...

Thumbs down 4/7/23

Thumbs down to the drivers who do not give way on the corner of Hinds and Violet Streets. Someone is going to get seriously hurt.

Thumbs down 4/7/23

Thumbs down to the people who don’t keep their dogs properly secured in their yards. There are so many dogs roaming the streets.

Inland Rail presents project update at council meeting

Inland Rail presents project update at council meeting

Inland Rail project director of program enabling Rob Storey and director of strategy, corporate affairs and stakeholder relations Matthew Martyn-Jones attended last Tuesday’s ordinary council meeting to give an update on the project. Mr Storey told the meeting “As of...

SALSA program reaches Narrabri

SALSA program reaches Narrabri

A peer-led program which motivates high school students to improve their physical activity, diet and overall wellbeing reached Narrabri High School on Monday, June 26, hosted by local non profit HealthWISE. As part of the Students As LifeStyle Activists (SALSA)...

Blue Boars take hold of the Kookaburra Challenge Cup

Blue Boars take hold of the Kookaburra Challenge Cup

Narrabri Blue Boars are Central North Rugby Union’s Kookaburra Challenge Cup holders for the first time after scoring a 20-15 home ground victory against Walcha Rams at Dangar Park in round 11 of the first grade season on Saturday. In just their third attempt at...

Boggabri Kangaroos beat Dungowan

Boggabri Kangaroos beat Dungowan

Boggabri Kangaroos kept their finals hopes alive when they scored another home ground victory at Jubilee Oval on Saturday in round 11 of the Group 4 Rugby League first grade season. Boggabri hosted the second-placed Dungowan Cowboys and crushed the visitors’ slim...

CSIRO study shows shift in gas opinion in shire

CSIRO study shows shift in gas opinion in shire

A survey of Narrabri Shire residents conducted by CSIRO, as part of a study into the perceptions of community wellbeing and the gas industry in the shire, has shown overall acceptance of the coal seam gas development has increased. The 2022 survey was conducted using...

Council adopts operational plan to drive economic growth

Council adopts operational plan to drive economic growth

Narrabri Shire Council said it was pleased to announce the adoption of its 2023/2024 operational plan. “This comprehensive roadmap sets the stage for an exciting period of growth, progress, and community development in our region,” said a NSC media statement released...

Siblings attend Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

Siblings attend Rotary Youth Leadership Awards

The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a nomination process for residential seminars which began in Australia in Brisbane in the 1950s and is now run by Rotary clubs for young people throughout the world. The benefits of developing leadership skills and making...

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