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Local couple named Rotarians of the Year

  Cobar’s Gordon and Therese Hill have been named the Australasian Rotarians of the Year. Rotary District 9670 Governor Graeme Hooper presented the prestigious award to the Hills on Saturday. The award recognises continuous club and district activity reflecting Rotary’s motto, “Service Above Self”. Gordon and Therese are both devoted […]

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Popular festival gets a second start

Following the huge success of Cobar’s Running on Empty Festival (ROEF) in 2018, all who attended (plus others who missed it) have been asking: When are we going to do it again? Festival coordinator John de Bruin announced on Friday that another ROEF festival would take place in 2022, from […]

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Castlereagh keen to kick off

A 2020 Castlereagh Rugby League competition is one step closer to becoming a reality with seven clubs indicating they are eager for some on-field action this year. The plans that were put into place to play a shortened Castlereagh League competition this year were however dealt with another blow on […]

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Ward Oval set for complete transformation

A big windfall for Cobar Shire Council last week has ensured that an $11.7million Community Hub can now be built at Ward Oval. Council was awarded $6.7million last week from Round 4 of the Coalition Government’s Building Better Regions Fund (BBRF) for the construction of an Early Learning Precinct as […]

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CSA Mine to part ways with Downer

In the wake of the economic impacts of COVID-19, CSA Mine is making some changes which will see their contract with Downer Mining Services soon come to an end. CSA Mine general manager Peter Christen said the decision to move their development to owner/operator was part of a review that […]

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No Louth Races

The Louth Turf Club Committee made the difficult decision early this week to cancel this year’s Louth Races event. Louth Turf Club president Jim Strachan said it had been an incredibly hard call to make to cancel the popular annual event, which is a great economic boost not only for […]