Bombs away on yarn project
2016
Airport turns mock disaster zone for exercise
Cobar Airport was turned into a mock disaster zone on Monday as local emergency services, in conjunction with Cobar Shire Council, conducted an emergency drill simulation exercise. Council’s engineering support manager Anil De Silva said the exercise not only allows for the airport emergency plan to be tested but also […]
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Senseless tree vandalism forces ratepayers to bear the cost
Cobar Shire Council last week had to re-plant another new tree in the main street following a vandalism attack which occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning. Council’s head of Parks and Gardens Paul Sullivan found the damage on Thursday morning and later obtained CCTV footage from a nearby […]
2016
Councillor Yench calls for restructure
Cr Peter Yench has called for a restructure of the Far West Initiative Advisory Committee (FWIAC) in an effort to improve the sustainability of Cobar and seven other neighbouring councils. The NSW Government’s Far West Initiative was set up in August 2015 to look at ways to improve local governance, […]