The Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) has rejected Cobar Shire Council’s request to re-transmit Bourke’s 2WEB community radio station into Cobar. ACMA licensing officer Jackie Russell said retransmission of the Bourke 2WEB community broadcasting service to the community of Cobar was not consistent with ACMA’s current out of area […]
The Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) should be under new management by May 2018 with Expressions of Interest (EOI) for a new provider being released last week. As part of the construction of a new medical facility in Cobar which will incorporate the Lilliane Brady Village nursing home, Cobar Shire Council […]
Cobar Memorial Services Club has elected a whole new board at the club’s annual general meeting on Sunday. Well known locals Allan Gardoll and Peter Robinson along with a new Cobar resident, Michael Allen (the Khan’s SUPA IGA manager), were elected to lead the new board. Mr Gardoll, the club’s […]
Ability Links local linker Wendy Beetson is encouraging local residents to get on board and ‘Share the Journey’ as part of Mental Health Month. Wendy, who works to connect people with their communities within the Cobar, Bogan and Warren shires, was in Cobar last week to speak to locals and […]
Four Cobar firefighters conquered the Sydney Tower Eye building as part of the Fire Fighters Climb for Motor Neurone Disease (MND) on Saturday. Fire & Rescue NSW Station 256 retained firefighters Khan Fugar, Alex Lennon, Pete Vardanega and Jamie Peters climbed the 1,504 stairs of the tower wearing their full […]
Members of the Treatt family from Sydney visited the Great Cobar Heritage Centre recently to make a special donation in honour of their ancestor, Frank Treatt, who lived and worked in Cobar in the early 1900s. The family presented museum curator Kay Stingemore with a beautiful silver tray, engraved with […]
A Local Drug Action Team (LDAT) will be set up to service Cobar in an effort to prevent harm from alcohol and other drugs, including crystal methamphetamine (‘ice’). The Federal Government and the Alcohol and Drug Foundation (ADF) have come together on this community partnership which is one of 40 […]
Cobar Arts Council’s 2017 Art and Photography Exhibition is now open for entries. The exhibition runs in conjunction with the Festival of the Miner’s Ghost from October 23 to 28 and entry forms are now available from various locations across town. Cobar Arts Council secretary Sue Singleton said sections for […]
The Cobar, Nyngan and surrounding rural communities, who have shared a Uniting Church minister for the past three and a half years, farewelled her over the weekend. Reverend Jo-anne Smalbil and her husband Lou, were given a send-off in Cobar on Saturday and then another in Nyngan on Sunday. Rev […]
Local landholder and Cobar Shire Councillor Peter Yench last week took part in an Emissions Reduction Fund Roundtable discussion in Dubbo. Mr Yench was invited to attend the meeting which was part of the Climate Change Authority’s consultation on its review of the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) legislation which governs […]
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