The NSW Rural Fire Service said there are dangerous fire conditions forecast for today, with high temperatures and strong winds. Total fire bans are in place for seven areas today including the New England, Northern Slopes, North Western and Central Ranges areas. The...
A generously minded Australian has launched an organisation which sources cricket equipment from within the community, schools and sports clubs, and despatches it to young cricketers in an impoverished area of India. Gear that may be considered too old or surplus to...
The influx of firefighters into Narrabri has seen big demand for accommodation, with the visitors taking up rooms at motels and Civeo.
Thumbs up to the planners who had the foresight to plant trees in Maitland Street, Narrabri. Now they are leafing up and will make a very attractive row of greenery in what would otherwise have been a hot bitumen area. I recall all the problems and the ‘to and froing’...
The historic St Francis Xavier’s Presbytery is almost gone. Contractors moved onto the site this week and demolition of the 108 year old two story building quickly got underway. Despite exhaustive investigations, the old building was not fit for restoration and the...
NDCAS held a family fun day to celebrate Families Week at The Crossing Theatre on Saturday afternoon. The free event included a photo booth, zorb balls, goody bags, snow cones, fairy floss on a stick and lots of entertainment for the kids. A great time was had by all....
At a time when we should expect powerful global leaders to be making decisions based on truth, tolerance, humanity, and commonsense we are seeing the opposite; egotism, populism, narrow ideological views - informed often as not by dogmatic theology - and inhumanity....
Narrabri local Kate Clancy performed at the Narrabri Pony Camp recently and impressed the crowd with her ‘K Clancy Horsemanship’ show. The show was performed in front of an audience of special needs and aged care facility spectators, who arrived in three buses, as...
Professional boxer Troy O’Meley lends a helping hand for drought relief
Junior Cricket currently has over 80 young people registered and wanting to be a part of this Aussie tradition. This number is continuing to grow! Our first inter-town clash was last Sunday in Tamworth, which produced some impressive figures and statistics from both...
The Narrabri Golf Club held a Can Assist Pink Day three-person Ambrose event on Sunday morning. The results are as follows: Winners - Loretta Bell, Jenny Kirk and Kurt Watson (58 1/6). Second place - Donna Reeves, Kurtis Ryan and Steve Bishop (59). Third place -...