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Barwan Street pedestrian crossing upgrade to start

Barwan Street pedestrian crossing upgrade to start

Narrabri Shire Council has been successful in securing $280,000 in funding under round two of the federal and NSW government’s 2021/22 School Zone Infrastructure sub-program to upgrade the Narrabri Public School pedestrian crossing at Barwan Street. Narrabri Shire...

2022 CREATE Festival officially opened | PHOTOS

2022 CREATE Festival officially opened | 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...

Local little athletes qualify for state championships in Sydney

Local little athletes qualify for state championships in Sydney

Narrabri Little Athletics Club trio Jessie Simpson, Caitlin Evans and Matthew Evans have all qualified for the 2021-22 Little Athletics State Championships following success at the Regional Champs event earlier this year. In late January, five Narrabri Little...

Tries rain down in fifth round of mixed touch competition

Tries rain down in fifth round of mixed touch competition

While the wet weather held out long enough to allow Narrabri Touch to host the fifth round of its 2022 mixed season on Monday evening, it was raining tries instead at the Cooma Oval fields. There were 75 tries scored across the seven matches as the 14 teams all took...

Narrabri Cup race meeting to return in 2022

Narrabri Cup race meeting to return in 2022

Preparations are in full swing by the Narrabri Jockey Club to welcome a return to horse racing following several years without a cup meeting. The club last held the Narrabri Cup meeting in 2019, and following some COVID disrupted years, is excited to see action return...

Topical 10/3/22

A Courier reader was delighted to spot one of Wee Waa’s former police officers Ben King in the pages of the Daily Telegraph at the weekend. The story reported two hero police officers, Senior Constable Ben King and Adam Davis, used a boogie board to rescue an elderly...

Thumbs up 10/3/22

Thumbs up to the organisers of Tuesday morning’s International Women’s Day Science, Math, Engineering and Technology (STEM)themed breakfast at The Crossing Theatre. There were some very inspiring speakers.

Thumbs up 10/3/22

Thumbs up to the races returning to Narrabri. Let’s hope our regular social events can return back to normal now that COVID restrictions are almost non-existent.

Inland Rail: Not there yet, says local engineer

I read the letter to The Courier from Rebecca Pickering, Inland Rail interim chief executive, of March 1, 2022, with interest. Reading the letter suggests that construction of the Narromine to Narrabri section of Inland Rail is about to start because: i. The route is...

Roy Butler throws support behind dedicated Rural Health Department

Roy Butler throws support behind dedicated Rural Health Department

Member for Barwon Roy Butler expressed his support for a petition calling for the establishment of a Department of Rural Health in NSW. The petition was launched by independent state MP Dr Joe McGirr and has been welcomed by NSW Farmers. “Improving health care in...