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Narrabri Shire deluged

Narrabri Shire deluged

Heavy rain swept across most of the Narrabri Shire district at the end of the week and into Saturday. Falls of up to 90mm were recorded at backyard rain gauges and 80mm plus on the Narrabri Weather website. Most falls were in the high 50s to 70s, but some areas only...

Boggabri UHA fashion parade fundraiser

Boggabri UHA fashion parade fundraiser

Boggabri United Hospital Auxiliary hosted a winter fashion parade as a fundraiser for the Boggabri Hospital/Multi-Purpose Service on Monday at the very supportive Boggabri RSL Club. Many donations were received and very welcomed by the auxiliary as they are working on...

Charlie’s Charts 5th June 2024

Charlie’s Charts 5th June 2024

The local market bounced strongly off a minor support area and could be forming a bull flag type pattern. This look at the price of oil after the OPEC meeting comes from Colin Twiggs. This chart from Market Index shows the recent fall in the price of Iron Ore. Goodman...

The Courier to become a weekly newspaper

The Courier to become a weekly newspaper

The Courier will mark the start of a new chapter in its 111-year history when it publishes as a weekly Thursday newspaper from July. The change will mean readers receive one bigger edition of the newspaper each week, including the regional North Western Guide and...

Topical 4/6/24

Saturday, June 1 was officially the first day of winter. June used to be the fourth month in the year. Before Julius Caesar came to power, the calendar year only had 10 months. In 46BC he created the Julian calendar by adding two more months to the year, which made...

Thumbs down 4/6/24

Thumbs down for the wait on planning approvals, people are paying double living costs. I want to move into my new house! Months is not acceptable and an unanswered call.

Thumbs down 4/6/24

Thumbs down to the lack of street lighting around town. Tibbereena Street is bad, there are others just as bad and some much worse.

Thumbs down 4/6/24

The voice of the people isn’t being heard. I have written to six of my elected representatives, state and federal members, as well as four Labor Senators for NSW. The issue is the ongoing division and emerging hatred brewing in Australia since the atrocities committed...

Hospital auxiliary issues call for more volunteer support

Hospital auxiliary issues call for more volunteer support

Narrabri United Hospital Auxiliary has issued a plea for support to the community to assist in the running of its hospital kiosk. The kiosk is the organisation’s primary source of fundraising. During its years of operation, the hospital auxiliary has been a...

Plans lodged for new car wash business

Plans lodged for new car wash business

A development application has been lodged with Narrabri Shire Council to construct a car wash facility on Cooma Road. The proposed development would be built on a vacant allotment, across from the BP Service Station, on the corner of Cooma Road and Fraser Street....