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Council welcomes new LBV management team
The Lilliane Brady Village once again has a full management team with the recent appointment of a Facility Manager and Clinical Care Manager. The Cobar Shire Council-owned aged care facility has been struggling to fill its management roles following the departure of its long-serving Director of Nursing, Sharon Huon, in […]
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Feral pig numbers are out of control
Farmers around the state are calling for more resources to combat a huge rise in the number of feral pigs which are destroying their properties and killing their stock. The Cobar Weekly spoke with a number of landholders across the region and all report seeing dramatic increases in pig numbers. […]
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CSA Mine’s new owners take over
MAC CEO outlines future plans for the CSA Mine The sale of Cobar’s CSA Mine from Glencore to Metals Acquisition Corp (MAC) was finalised on Friday with the mine welcoming its 5th owner in 58 years of operation. Glencore, who has owned the mine since 1999, received USD$775 million in […]
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Georgia to compete at State training awards
Cobar’s Georgia Boland was named as the winner of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Western NSW Trainee of the Year at the NSW Training Awards Western Region dinner in Bathurst last Thursday. Georgia will now go on to compete at State level against eight other regional winners in her […]
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War Memorial in final planning stages
A vision to build a war memorial at Drummond Park that has been eight years in the planning, is about to become a reality. Local John de Bruin and his small band of helpers have been working with the RSL Sub Branch Cobar committee and Cobar Shire Council to build […]
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Sound Chapel wins Heritage award
Cobar’s Sound Chapel was announced among the winners of this year’s Heritage Trust Awards. It is the second Heritage Trust Award win for Cobar in as many years, with The Great Cobar Museum restoration taking out the Built Heritage and Judges’ Choice Awards last year. At this year’s awards, presented […]
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