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CHS students get a chance to work on their leadership skills
Cobar High School’s (CHS) leaders have had the opportunity to gain new leadership and communication skills, expand their contact networks and gain some great ideas on an excursion last week. The four students, Joey Neale, Todd Polack, Sophie Clark and Lexie Traynor and their Student Representative Council (SRC) coordinator/ teacher, […]
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Cobar CWA cooks and crafters head to State for judging
Three members of the Cobar Branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) have won their way through to State level in the CWA’s The Land Cookery and Handicraft competitions. The Cobar branch hosted members from around the region for the CWA Far West Group meeting on Saturday with the regional […]
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New wellness coordinator has a focus on communication NSW Outback
Cobar’s new wellness coordinator, Wendy Liu, has been busy getting around talking to and meeting as many locals as he can. Mr Liu is employed by the Outback Division of General Practice and works out of the Cobar Primary Health Care Centre. Taking over the duties of the previous Sui-cide […]
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Life-saving cancer treatment is now closer to home
Life-saving cancer treatment for Cobar patients is now available not so far from home with Dubbo’s highly anticipated $35 million cancer treatment centre now offi-cially opened. The Western Cancer Centre gives residents in Western NSW better access to the critical healthcare services they need. The Australian Government provided $25 million […]
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New bus shelter under construction
Construction work began on Monday morning to upgrade the existing bus shelter/taxi rank in Linsley Street. Cobar Shire Council has plans to make the area more user friendly. Council has advised that all businesses will still be fully accessible during the construction period. The Transport Link bus stop has been […]
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Cobar hosts Far West group
Country Women’s Association (CWA) Cobar Branch president, Colleen Boucher (at far left) welcomed CWA members from around the western region to a Far West Group meeting on Saturday which the Cobar branch hosted at the Cobar Services Club. Mrs Boucher is pictured with Far Western Group executive committee members Sharon […]
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Empire strikes back-to-back
There was no stopping Empire as they won a back-to-back 40 Overs Cricket prem-iership on Saturday defeating Nymagee by 71 runs. After winning the toss, Nymagee changed their usual tactics and sent Empire in to bat in the hope they could extract as much life out of the damp pitch […]
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Cricket end of season celebrations
The Cobar senior cricket season came to a close on Saturday night with the end of season presentations held following the 40 Overs grand final game. Empire claimed the 40 Overs competition trophy with Jay Egan named the Player of the Grand Final. Ruthless Toothless picked up their Twenty20 winners’ […]
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Hannah Carroll gets the call up to run with the Rams
Cobar’s Hannah Carroll was in the front row line-up for the Western Rams Opens side when they took on the Monaro Colts in the opening round of the Women’s Rugby League Country Championships at Parkes on Sunday. The women’s and men’s Country Champion-ships competitions feature 10 teams from across regional […]