It’s been six years since Cobar’s Ballz n All band made their debut on the Gig on the Grass big stage and they’ll be back to rev up the crowd this Saturday as part of this year’s Grey Mardi Gras entertainment. The band was created in 2019 for the purpose […]
The NSW Minister for Emergency Services, Jihad Dib, welcomed 169 new firefighters to the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) ranks at a graduation ceremony at the Emergency Services Academy in Orchard Hills in Sydney on Friday. Among them was Fire and Rescue NSW Cobar Station 256’s newest firefighter, Emily Coleman. […]
Five Duke of Edinburgh participants from Cobar (Caleb Theakston, Parker Cryer, Charlotte Tonissen, Jasmine Livingston and Malcolm Gillette) recently completed the Adventurous Journey component of their award. The group attended a three day kayaking trip north of Newcastle at Myall Lake. The first day was the Practice Journey. This involved […]
Country Press NSW, the peak body representing independent regional newspapers, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year with a special writing competition. The competition is open to primary and secondary school students, and adults, living in readership areas of the Country Press NSW newspaper network. Country Press NSW president Lucie […]
Cobar residents were treated to a fantastic performance of Flamenco music, dancing, percussion, poetry and storytelling when the Flamenco for Everybody ensemble visited last week. Created by the Annalouise Paul Dance Theatre, the Flamenco for Everybody show has been touring Riverina and Outback NSW regional towns during March and April. […]
Cobar Shire Council will sell a block of land in the CBD to the Cobar Senior Citizens Amenities Organisation Inc for $1 to build more units for the Brennan Centre. Councillors discussed the motion to sell the block of land, owned by Council, at 1 Broomfield Street at Thursday’s Ordinary […]
Eden Coughlan, owner and dance principal of Momentum Dance Studios, has been named as a finalist in the 2025 Western NSW Business Awards. Eden is one of 13 finalists in the Outstanding Young Business Leader category. Now in it’s 13th year, the Western NSW Business Awards recognise growth, entrepreneurship, and […]
Local resident, Genie McMullen, has been appointed as the new Facility Manager of the Lilliane Brady Village (LBV) retirement home. Genie began nursing more than 30 years ago and for the past 18 years has lived and worked in Cobar. She began working at the LBV as a consultant in […]
Terry Leonard, or ‘Mr Personality’ as he’s known around the traps, is part of the entertainment line up for next week’s Gig on the Grass concert. The concert is part of this year’s Grey Mardi Gras festival and features four headline acts playing music from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and […]
The Rural Fire Service (RFS) Cobar Headquarters Brigade is now equipped with the latest fire fighting equipment that will also offer increased safety for its volunteer firefighters. The brigade took delivery of a new state of the art Cat 1 heavy tanker, 4×4, crew cab fire fighting vehicle on Friday. […]
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