Cobar High School student and cadet Jye Robinson was presented with The Cobar Weekly’s Young Achiever award last Saturday night. The 17 year old was nominated for the award by cadet leader Colleen Boucher. “Jye has been a member of the Cobar Cadet Unit for four and a half years […]
Local weather man Trevor Menadue will spend his last days at the Cobar Meteorological Office next week after his position was made redundant as the weather station becomes fully automated. In February this year the BOM announced there would be staff cuts to 22 field offices as part of its […]
The Cobar Australian Army Cadet unit enjoyed a night out at the Cobar Memorial Services club on Saturday night where the year’s awards were also presented. Mayor Lilliane Brady; RSL sub-branch president Ben Hewlett; and Battallion Commander Major (ACC) Chris Boucher all attended the evening and gave speeches to the […]
Peak Gold Mines has teamed up with a number of local businesses to recover some important local mining artefacts which were last week delivered to the museum. Two smelter metal convertors standing a bit over two metres high and weighing approximately eight and 10 tonnes, as well as two large […]
Work commenced on Monday on a $17.1 million project to replace twin pipelines carrying water from Nyngan to Cobar, which will improve the reliability and efficiency of the water supply to the local community. Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries, said he was pleased to see the project get underway. “The […]
The Cobar State Emergency Services (SES) Unit responded to reports of damage following a strong willy willy whirlwind last Wednesday afternoon. Cobar SES Local Controller Gordon Hill said at about 1.30pm the whirlwind struck several properties along the southern side of Louth Road. The strong winds caused a shed in […]
The Western NSW Local Health District (LHD) will take the feedback they received from a series of meetings held in Cobar last week to help them ‘tweak’ the design plans for Cobar’s proposed new health service. Staff at Cobar Hospital and the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV), members of the Cobar […]
Cobar’s pubs, clubs and bottle shops are determined to do their bit to reduce drink driving in Cobar, and have joined forces to promote a ‘Plan B’ campaign. Cobar Liquor Accord members, the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club, Cobar Memorial Services Club, Empire Hotel and the Great Western Hotel are […]
NSW’s longest-serving urban fire service chief in more than a century, Fire & Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Commissioner Greg Mullins, was in Cobar yesterday to visit firefighters as part of his farewell tour before he retires from the service early next year. The Commissioner’s tour took in FRNSW fire stations at […]
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