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CHS welcomes new teachers with varied backgrounds
Cobar High School has recently welcomed two new teachers to their staff. TAS teacher (Technological and Applied Studies) Nick Collins moved to Cobar a couple of weeks ago from Condobolin with his wife and two young children. “We are finding Cobar very welcoming and friendly which is what we hoped […]
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Medical centre welcomes new mental health program
Cobar Primary Health Care Centre (CPHCC) has welcomed a mental health “checkup” service that aims to screen patients for anxiety and depression. Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) has partnered with Black Dog Institute to roll out the new service. The Black Dog StepCare in General Practice program is […]
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Bank hands out over $30,000 to local community groups
The Regional Australia Bank handed out a total of $33,997.87 to more than 30 local sporting and community groups last week as part of its Community Partnership Program. The Cobar Preschool Association collected $4,209, Cobar Junior Rugby League $3,551, Auto Club of Cobar $2,070 and the Copper City Men’s Shed […]
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Dangerous material closes Cobar tip
Cobar Shire Council has requested local mines make improvements to their waste management practices after potentially dangerous material was discovered at the Cobar Waste Facility last week. Cobar Shire Council’s manager of planning and environment Stephen Poulter said a small quantity of packing materials linked to mine blasting was discovered […]
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Awards recognise business excellence
Gumnut Gifts & Homewares was voted the People’s Choice favourite local business by shoppers for this year’s Great Cobar Business Awards. The winners of the annual Cobar Business Association awards were announced on Saturday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. Gumnuts, a homewares and café business owned by […]
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Memorial funds
The Cobar Miners Memorial Project has missed out on funding in the current round of the Building Better Regions Fund. The successful applications of the fund were announced earlier this month with the construction of the Miners Memorial application sadly not on the list of projects to be funded. The […]
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Cobar chosen to participate in suicide prevention trial
Cobar has been chosen as one of 12 sites in Australia to participate in a National Suicide Prevention Trial. Dr Scott Fitzpatrick and Dr Donna Read from the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health in Orange (which is affiliated with the University of Newcastle) were in Cobar last Wednesday […]