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Cobar gives a proper send-off to an icon

A crowd of almost 200 former clients, bar staff, bouncers and publicans of the New Occidental Hotel gathered on the old site on Saturday afternoon for “Last Drinks at the Occ’. With the permission of the current owners of the now vacant land on the corner of Lewis and Marshall […]

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Report on Occ Fire released

More than three years after a fire that claimed the life of local firefighter Daniel Howard, a coroner’s report into the incident has been handed down. Deputy State Coroner Magistrate Harriet Grahame released her report on Friday into the causes of Mr Howard’s death and the fire at the New […]