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Cobar carnival marks a milestone

  Cobar Mobile Children’s Service (CMCS) recorded a huge milestone last Thursday and threw a big Carnival-themed birthday party to celebrate their 42 years of service to the community. CMCS’s president Corey Traynor said the service had grown over the past four decades from its humble beginnings as a playgroup […]

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Summer went out with a bang

Summer definitely went out with a big bang in Cobar last Thursday with some very wild weather recorded by the Bureau of Meteorology. After the mercury topped out at a sweltering 41.8 degrees on our last day of summer (which the Bureau reports is one of our warmest on record), […]

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Mining is dominating this week’s news

    Mining is dominating the news this week with three of Cobar’s biggest mining shareholders, Metals Acquisition Corp (MAC), Aurelia Metals and Polymetals Resources, all reporting favourable outcomes. MAC has this week gained national attention after it became the largest Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) mining listing in five years. […]

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Lots of ideas for Town Hall Cinema masterplan

Cobar Shire Council has engaged award winning architects, Dunn and Hillam, along with the community, to help create a plan to bring the Town Hall Cinema building back to life. Council conducted three community consultations sessions last Wednesday (one of which was with Cobar High School students) and are currently […]

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Industrial area upgrade set to commence

The long awaited upgrade of the Cobar Industrial Estate is set to commence next month. Cobar Shire Council has engaged a local civil, mining and construction contractor, Cynend Building & Construction, to carry out Stage 1 of the works. Council’s general manager Peter Vlatko said council was very pleased to […]

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Filtration plant is struggling

It seems strange with all the recent rain we’ve had that Cobar Shire Council would need to impose water restrictions. However for the past two weeks Cobar residents have been asked to curb their water use as council works to sort out a problem with our water quality. Mayor Jarrod […]

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Locals put on a Christmas light show

Leanne and Wayne Mackay took out the first place prize of $500 Cobar Quids in The Cobar Weekly’s 2023 Christmas Cheer competition but the couple said they didn’t enter for the money. Leanne actually didn’t even know they were entered in this year’s competition as it was Wayne who nominated […]