The NRMA Insurance Bell 212 helicopter based at Narrabi has been busy with flights to and from the west. The chopper has been making four or five flights a day to the western centres with the mail and medical supplies. Flooded roads kept John Strickland from getting...
The support of the wider community has been praised by the Narrabri SES Unit following last week’s major flood event. The Narrabri Creek peaked at 7.67 metres last Tuesday afternoon, above earlier predictions. Major flooding was experienced along the Namoi catchment....
“Whatever happened to the rifle range which used to be out along the Bingara Road years ago?” a reader enquires. “I seem to remember there was a range out there about 50 years ago - one of the old shooters told me they used to shoot big .50 calibre rifles over ranges...
“Why are we plagued by these tiny biting midges or sandflies or whatever they are,”asks a reader. “I get that we have had a lot of rain, but I don’t recall a plague like the current one of these microscopic biting insects. Mozzies I can live with because we can see...
Thumbs down to the disgusting smoker who ‘disposed’ of their cigarette butt in my water bottle near Mcdonald's. You are scum!
Thumbs up to the local radio station for its update during the flooding. Thank you - it was a great help.
Thumbs up to the Narrabri Lawn Cemetery. It looks great, neat and tidy and well looked after.
Narrabri resident Elaine Jones was happily preparing to celebrate the occasion of her 100th birthday on Saturday, October 22. However, the celebrations didn’t get off to a great start, with state-wide flooding causing road closures and stopping several guests from...
Councillors engaged in passionate debate when discussing a motion regarding Narrabri’s Special Activation Precinct project, arguing for what they each believed was in the best interest of the shire’s residents. A motion to reaffirm Narrabri Shire Council’s support of...
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has taken aim at the first federal budget delivered by the new Labor government. Mr Coulton has particularly slammed the axing of the Building Better Regions Fund. The fund was a regional grants program designed to deliver...
A woman reported as missing from Wee Waa was located in Narrabri yesterday. The 73-year-old woman was last seen driving east on Yarrie Lake Road, Wee Waa, heading towards Narrabri on Sunday. When family could not get in contact with her, officers from Oxley Police...
Narrabri cousins Bernard O’Connor and Sid Harvey were at their brilliant best at Gunnedah’s Kitchener Oval on Sunday when they guided Namoi to a dominant Col Dent Shield win in round two of the 2022/23 Central North junior rep campaign. Namoi, a combined Narrabri and...