Australia Day Sunday 26 January 2025

A free seniors short story writing workshop was held at the Cobar Shire Library yesterday under the tutelage of published author Cate Plink. (Cate is pictured above centre at rear with participants Shirley Harbison, Bev Anderson, Lillian Simpson and Julie Fairbank.) Participants did some writing exercises and discussed story structure […]

Cobar’s real estate agents report they are getting a lot of interest from buyers for residential homes and those homes are selling fast! The Cobar Weekly spoke with Shara Suckling from Elders Real Estate and Brinley Obray from Nutrien Russell about what’s happening in the local housing market. Shara’s been […]

Following last week’s tragedy at Endeavor Mine, where two workers lost their lives and another was injured, some of the mine’s employees are set to return to work today as part of the company’s staged recommencement of operations. Polymetals employees, Patrick McMullen (known as “Ambrose”, aged 59, Mining Supervisor and […]