One local business has been gearing up since June to ensure they are ready for the big influx of visitors expected for the Running on Empty festival later this month. Business owner Trudy Griffiths said she and the her Gumnuts Gifts & Homewares staff began planning back in May for […]
Work on the construction of Cobar’s new $30million multipurpose health service officially got underway on Tuesday with State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries turning the first sod of dirt on the site. Building contractor Hutchinson Builders, in conjunction with two local earthworks companies, began work to clear the site adjacent […]
Cobar Shire Council’s September meeting was held at the Mt Hope Community Hall in an effort for councillors and council staff to connect with some of the shire’s rural residents. The council is committed to holding one rural meeting each year with the venue changing each year to different outlying […]
Cobar Shire Council has finally secured $6.9million in funding from the NSW Government’s Safe and Secure Water Program to upgrade the town water supply. State Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries announced the funding on Tuesday saying everyone in NSW deserves access to reliable and high-quality water. “At the completion of […]
Cancer Council NSW, in partnership with regional waste and resource management group NetWaste, conducted a free ‘Pantry to Plate’ cooking workshop in Cobar last week. Funded by NSW Environment Authority’s (EPA) Love Food Hate Waste Food Smart program, 2011 MasterChef Australia winner and mother of three, Kate Bracks, shared her […]
Local paramedics have shown their appreciation to the staff of the Tilpa Hotel who had been of great assistance to them during a rescue incident in Tilpa earlier this year. Acting Station Officer David Truscott said the assistance given by Tilpa Hotel licensee Phil Mahoney and his staff was very […]
Work is progressing well on the $4.5 million first stage of the Macquarie Home Stay facility in Dubbo according to Nationals candidate for Barwon Andrew Schier. It’s set to be finished in the next couple of months, with the first guests expected to be in December. Mr Schier recently visited […]
The staff at the State Emergency Services (SES) Far West Region Cobar office have been redeployed following an amalgamation of the Far West Region into the Western Zone. Region Controller for the Far West Region Graeme Craig, who’s spent the past 11 years working with the SES in Cobar, said […]
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