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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 […]

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Soccer time out

The Cobar Junior Soccer 2015 season came to an end on Saturday after grand final games were played and end of season presentations were made. United were winners of the Mids division, Rangers grabbed the title in Seniors while The Broken Scorpions were the winners of the Open title. In […]

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Season closes for junior netballers

The Cobar Junior Netball 2015 season came to a close on Friday afternoon with players participating in their final games which was followed by presentations and an exhibition match between parents and players. Junior coordinator Renee Matheson said it had been a very good year with 72 girls registered for […]

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Top of the table clash in soccer comp

In Round 4 of the Mixed Indoor Soccer competition played last Wednesday night at the youth centre the draw aligned with the current competition points table when 1st placed played 2nd, 3rd met 4th and 5th placed and 6th did battle. And the match ups didn’t disappoint. It was a […]