Joey Fowler’s thriving rugby career reached a pulsating new height on Sunday when he pulled on a green and gold jersey for the first time and lined up for his maiden national appearance for the Australian under-18 and schools XV. Joey, the son of beloved Narrabri...
The doors have opened on Narrabri’s biggest-ever single retail development. On Saturday, Bunnings Narrabri launched its new $15 million store, creating 40 new jobs. Bunnings is open for business now but will host a celebratory grand opening on October 15 and 16....
The humble country hall is the heartbeat of rural communities, and this weekend there’ll be plenty to celebrate as the magnificent Maules Creek Hall marks its centenary. Preparations have been underway with the Maules Creek Hall committee devoting hours of time and...
Narrabri Shire was well represented at the NRL grand final with a 12-strong contingent of The Courier’s annual tipping competition winners taking their seats at Accor Stadium for the big game. COVID-forced grand final disruptions meant that the competition winners...
National cabinet has agreed to end mandatory isolation requirements for COVID-19. First ministers met at Canberra this week and decided that effective October 14, each jurisdiction implements the change via relevant public health legislation. National cabinet agreed...
Namoi Valley farmers are frustrated the NSW Upper House has voted to block a floodplain harvesting regulation for the fourth time, playing politics when growers are calling for action. The regulation to licence the long-standing legal form of water take, floodplain...
Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service’s Narrabri Volunteer Support Group held a charity golf day at Narrabri Golf Club on Sunday. The popular four-person ambrose was contested by 22 teams totalling 88 players this year as it made a long-awaited return after being...
When the full-time whistle sounded on Central North Rugby Union’s 2022 grand final day and the Narrabri Blue Boars celebrated their first top-grade premiership since 2015, there was a justified feeling that the day could not get any better. However, it certainly did....
Thumbs up to more electric vehicles coming. Apparently they are silent so I am looking forward to the arrival of silent electric motorbikes on our Narrabri streets on quiet weekends and in the early hours of the morning.
Thumbs down. Why is money being spent building new town footpaths when roads are in such need of maintenance and repair? A handful of people use most footpaths but many hundreds use the roads.
Thumbs up to the SES helping out with the high clearance Unimog vehicle at Wee Waa, and to all emergency service helping to get essential items and workers from A to B.
Divorce rates in the Western world are apparently going down in recent years - one reason is evidently that not so many people are getting married in the first place. Meanwhile, a Kuwaiti couple divorced after the shortest recorded marriage. The bride filed for...