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Cobar Public School spelling champions

Four Cobar Public School (CPS) students joined other primary school children from across the western area last Thursday for the Regional Final of the Premier’s Spelling Bee. The Cobar students, Anja Kok, Raif McMurtrie, Katie Archer and Kaitlyn Mills, were able to compete in the Western NSW final via videoconference. […]

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Locals attend western health symposium

Members from the Cobar Health Council, Mary Urquhart, Gordon Hill and Bernie Martin, attended a Western NSW Local Health District (LHD) Northern Sector Health Councils’ Symposium in Dubbo last week. The symposium was an opportunity to provide information to members of local health councils from the 20 towns in the […]

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Aurelia hits back at Glencore actions

Aurelia Metals has secured a Supreme Court injunction after attempts by Glencore to send the company into administration. Aurelia, which operates the Hera Mine near Nymagee, had an existing funding arrangement in place with Glencore which included regular loan repayments along with the option to convert debt repayments to shares. […]

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New fire truck named in Howie’s honour

Cobar Fire Station 256 took delivery of a new fire truck yesterday that, for the first time in Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) history, carries a personalised registration plate to honour fallen firefighter Daniel ‘Howie’ Howard. FRNSW Commissioner Greg Mullins presented local firefighters with keys to the new $310,000 ‘Class […]