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Council welcomes new LBV management team

The Lilliane Brady Village once again has a full management team with the recent appointment of a Facility Manager and Clinical Care Manager. The Cobar Shire Council-owned aged care facility has been struggling to fill its management roles following the departure of its long-serving Director of Nursing, Sharon Huon, in […]

2023

Feral pig numbers are out of control

Farmers around the state are calling for more resources to combat a huge rise in the number of feral pigs which are destroying their properties and killing their stock. The Cobar Weekly spoke with a number of landholders across the region and all report seeing dramatic increases in pig numbers. […]

2023

CSA Mine’s new owners take over

MAC CEO outlines future plans for the CSA Mine The sale of Cobar’s CSA Mine from Glencore to Metals Acquisition Corp (MAC) was finalised on Friday with the mine welcoming its 5th owner in 58 years of operation. Glencore, who has owned the mine since 1999, received USD$775 million in […]

150623

Georgia to compete at State training awards

Cobar’s Georgia Boland was named as the winner of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Western NSW Trainee of the Year at the NSW Training Awards Western Region dinner in Bathurst last Thursday. Georgia will now go on to compete at State level against eight other regional winners in her […]

070623

War Memorial in final planning stages

A vision to build a war memorial at Drummond Park that has been eight years in the planning, is about to become a reality. Local John de Bruin and his small band of helpers have been working with the RSL Sub Branch Cobar committee and Cobar Shire Council to build […]

170523

Sound Chapel wins Heritage award

Cobar’s Sound Chapel was announced among the winners of this year’s Heritage Trust Awards. It is the second Heritage Trust Award win for Cobar in as many years, with The Great Cobar Museum restoration taking out the Built Heritage and Judges’ Choice Awards last year. At this year’s awards, presented […]