Cobar will only receive 80 per cent of its annual water allocation over the next year, while water allocations to the local mines have been reduced to 70 per cent. Cobar Shire Council announced the reductions on Monday in response to WaterNSW’s proposed new water delivery arrangements that came into […]
A couple of Clown Doctors were in Cobar yesterday as part of their bringing smiles and laughter tour to regional and remote areas. Clown Doctors normally help sick children in hospital and their families through scary and tough circumstances. Recently they decided to head off on tour to get an […]
he Cobar Rural Fire Service (RFS) members have banded together to help out one of their own holding a raffle and sausage sizzle fundraiser in the main street on Saturday morning. Cobar Headquarters captain Peter Cartner (pictured above with his family Stephanie, Michela and Mara) said they were fundraising to […]
Loose change donated by the patrons of the Great Western Hotel has helped raise $2,446.70 for Cobar High School athletes Hannah Carroll and Ben Griffiths to travel to Canada to compete in Athletics. Pictured with their personal trainer Khan Fugar, who has been helping them to physically and mentally prepare […]
A pre-election promise for a new TAFE Connected Learning Centre to be built in Cobar is set to be funded as part of the State Government 2019-2020 Budget announced last week. As part of the budget, $61.7million is to be spent over the next four years for Tranche 3 of […]
Cobar High School’s school captains Sandie Mitchell and Zoe Carter attended the 2019 Secondary Schools Student Leadership Program in Sydney last Thursday, which included a trip to Parliament House. The students joined 150 students and young people from around the western area and across the state to meet with Members […]
TAFE NSW Cobar student Stevie Templer-Long has won a $2,000 Mining Electrical and Mining Mechanical Engineering Society (MEMMES) Scholarship. MEMMES National Chair Peter Whipp said due to the high calibre of applications this year, the selection committee decided to award four scholarships rather than the usual two. “Last year, we […]
Critical repairs and maintenance of the Albert Priest Channel to help improve water supply efficiency for Cobar and Nyngan is to be funded by the NSW Government. NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro announced the funding when he visited Cobar last week. The $2million is being provided to Bogan Shire Council […]
Cobar Shire Council was pleased to be able to present a “good” budget to ratepayers at public meeting last Wednesday night. Council’s director of corporate and community services, Kym Miller, said he’s worked out a conservative budget for 2019/2020 that has “very little risk and significant opportunities”. “There’s no reduction […]
Cobar High School (CHS) Stage 5 and 6 metalwork students have been working on a new ‘Cobar’ sign. Cobar Shire Council approached the school to assist with the project to create a new approach sign to the town, to be positioned beside the Barrier Highway at the western entrance to […]
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