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‘Yellow door’ officially opened in Wee Waa

‘Yellow door’ officially opened in Wee Waa

The yellow door was officially opened at the Wee Waa Community Arts and Culture Centre on Saturday night. The centre’s committee hosted a fabulous evening, and the crowd was treated to a selection of magnificent artworks from the Narrabri Civic Art Collection. On...

Rotary Club of Narrabri seeks support for flood appeal

Rotary Club of Narrabri seeks support for flood appeal

The Rotary Club of Narrabri is hitting the street to raise money for flood-affected communities on the north coast. A successful street stand was held on Friday and Saturday, with almost $3000 being raised. This is in addition to the $5000 promised by the Narrabri...

Charlie’s Charts 16th March 2022

Charlie’s Charts 16th March 2022

The local market could soon break above some overhead resistance. Technically the market is still in a congestion pattern with the break yet to come. No doubt volatile markets could be with us for some time given all that is happening. The graph below shows the...

CREATE Festival officially opened on Friday | PHOTOS

CREATE Festival officially opened on Friday | PHOTOS

Narrabri Shire’s CREATE Festival has officially kicked off following its successful launch night at The Crossing Theatre on Friday evening. A sold-out opening event saw eager festival-goers take in the artworks in the riverside room and the exhibition room as well as...

Chamber of commerce backs calls for study into Inland Rail route

Chamber of commerce backs calls for study into Inland Rail route

Narrabri and District Chamber of Commerce has supported calls for further independent study into the current Inland Rail route. The chamber successfully passed a motion to that effect at its monthly meeting last week. The decision followed a presentation by local...

Ukrainian leader matching words with actions

I have long been a fan of Clint Eastwood. Now into his 90s he has an incredible body of work going back … well a long way. In fact, I cannot remember a time when Clint Eastwood was not famous. Aside from his great movies, the thing I love about Clint is that he can...

Answers and comments on Inland Rail

Recently some questions have been asked by community members about Inland Rail. I would like to present some of the facts and make some comments in reply. Facts: Inland Rail publicly released its “proposed route” near Narrabri in November 2017. An ‘alternative route’...

Topical 15/3/22

Thursday, March 17 is St Patrick’s Day. The Irish were among the first Europeans to settle in Australia and comprised a portion of the convict settlement population in the late 1700s. Many Irish immigrants came to Australia to escape famine in their homeland and about...

Topical 15/3/22

The NSW government has warned people that COVID cases could more than double in the next six weeks following the spread of a new mutation of the virus. A new Omicron sub-variant, referred to as BA.2, has seen cases soar in European countries and it is expected to do...