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Year: 2016
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Verdict decided in murder case
Justice Stephen Campbell has found that local residents Margaret and Ian Settree were murdered by their son in December 2014 however, at the time of the offence, the accused was deemed to have been suffering from a significant mental illness. In the week long trial at Dubbo Supreme Court, which […]
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Votes for best businesses
Voting has commenced for Cobar’s favourite business and favourite tradie with the winners to be announced at this year’s Great Cobar Business Awards on September 2. The Cobar Business Association had a polling booth on Saturday in the main street to collect votes for the two categories. Cobar Business Association […]
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Roosters are minor premiers, Roosterettes were runners-up
The Cobar Roosters have finished their first season in the Barwon Darling competition as minor premiers. They missed the opportunity of playing a final game before the semi finals after having received late notice on Saturday morning of a forfeit from Brewarrina. This Saturday they will face the Walgett Dragons, […]
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Peak Gold Mines wins this year’s Inter Mine Challenge
Peak Gold Mines finished as the winners of this year’s golf Inter Mine Challenge event. There was a good roll up for the three person Ambrose game on Saturday and also included two Hera teams this year. The individual winning team was Mark Edgecombe, Tony Dunn and A Walsh. The […]
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Two thrilling games of rugby league
It was a perfect day for Rugby League on Saturday in Cobar with the Cobar Junior Rugby League Club hosting two games of the Dubbo & District competition. The Cobar 15/16s team were narrowly beaten 24-22 in a nail biter of a game against the Nyngan Tigers. With only three […]
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Netball teams fight for spots in the finals
In an extremely exciting come-from-behind effort, the Divas claimed a Cobar Netball Association A Grade grand final berth after their one goal win over Pumpettes on Saturday. The Divas and Pumpettes were evenly matched for most of their major semi final game before the Pumpettes pulled away in the third […]
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Picnic race meeting to add a new event on social calendar
The Cobar Miners Race Club committee is gearing up to host their first picnic race meeting on August 27. While the club has presented an annual TAB race meeting for a number of years, it’s the first time in many years that Cobar will host a picnic meeting. Club president […]
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Jemrok expands into Cobar with new branch officially open
A leading mining and civil infrastructure company has recently opened a branch in Cobar with Jemrok holding an Open Day last Friday. A division of the Kyda Group, Jemrok invited business owners, mine managers, council and The Cobar Weekly to go along to their re-furbished Lewis Street workshop and find […]
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New face at established local business excited for future
The new franchisee of the Harvey Norman Cobar store, Milan Amarsi, said it was a big decision to move from Melbourne to Cobar but it’s one that he’s really excited about. Prior to moving here, the 26 year old who was born and raised in Melbourne, said he knew nothing […]