Cobar’s mayor, Jarrod Marsden, who has been acting as the interim chair of the Western Division of Councils, was formally elected to the top job last week when the group met in Cobar for their annual general meeting. The annual meeting provides a platform for Local Government representatives to hear […]
The 2026 Suzuki Run fundraiser has once again raised some serious cash with organiser Graeme ‘Barto’ Barton reporting this year’s event raised over $50,000. The 7th Suzuki Run to Tilpa is done and dusted (except this year’s event wasn’t so dusty after recent rain) and thanks to the efforts of […]
State Member for Barwon Roy Butler has been hosting Independent Member for Wagga Wagga Dr Joe McGirr on a tour across the electorate and they called into Cobar yesterday. Mr Butler has been introducing Dr McGirr to people involved in delivering medical services across the region. Dr McGirr has a […]
Sophie Cain is yet another success story of Cobar High School’s school-based traineeship program. Before she completes Year 12 this year, Sophie already knows where her career will take her, and it’s here, working in Cobar. Sophie wants to be a Registered Nurse and a Nurse Practitioner. To achieve her […]
How do you attract doctors, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, nurses and other medical staff to come to Cobar? It’s easy, you just put them all on a bus and drive them out here! That’s the thinking of the Rural Doctors Network which runs a Go Rural program (funded by the […]
It wasn’t what was discussed at last week’s Council meeting that has a few locals riled up, it was what wasn’t discussed. The Newey Reserve Draft Plan of Management, listed as item 4 on the agenda, was expected to be debated and decided. Seven local residents (five of whom had […]
Mayor Jarrod Marsden knows from first hand experience that an automated external defibrillator (AED) can save lives. Used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, the easy to use AED medical device can analyse the heart’s rhythm and, if necessary, deliver an electric shock, or defibrillation, to help the heart […]
NSW Health inspectors, with the support of local police, conducted two inspections on a local main street business last week, with the second resulting in a closure order. During a search of the premises on Wednesday February 18, NSW Health seized an amount of illegal tobacco products and vapes and […]
Cobar Shire Council has nearly $3.5 million worth of Federal Government grant funding to establish a structured roadmap for the town’s CBD and they are working hard to make sure they get it right. Cobar was one of four CBD projects awarded funding last year as part of the government’s […]
The seed has been planted and in a few years, Cobar will welcome another homegrown pharmacist. School leaver Amara Bottom has begun studying pharmacy this week at the University of New England, in her first steps towards a career in healthcare. Amara joins Cobar’s own Shannon Arnold (nee Eves), who […]
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