Local News – Page 214 – The Cobar Weekly

Mayors, councillors and general managers from the Orana Regional Organisation of Councils (OROC) met in Cobar on Thursday to learn more about the NSW Government’s Joint Organisations (JOs) model. The NSW Government last year introduced legislation to allow councils to create a JO network to help drive better planning, economic […]

Accident leaves Cobar in the dark

February 7, 2018 tcwadmin

More than 1,200 customers in Cobar and surrounding rural areas were without power on Saturday night after a motor vehicle hit a power pole in Kurrajong Circle bringing down the pole and power lines. According to the police report, a 32 year old Cobar man lost control of his vehicle […]

Family and friends on hand to support Brett’s relay run

February 7, 2018 tcwadmin

Paralympic Track and Field coach and former Cobar resident, Brett Robinson, was given the honour last week of taking part in the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay when it passed through Dubbo. Brett, who is still a regular visitor to his home town, was nominated for the honour and was […]

Success as local talents tackle Tamworth music festival

February 7, 2018 tcwadmin

Two talented local artists made a name for themselves this year at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Musician Kahlia Martin has been playing at the festival for a couple of years and this year local photographer Klae McGuinness tagged along to capture some images of her on stage. Kahlia was […]

Interest revving up in Cobar’s classic car film festival plans

January 31, 2018 tcwadmin

Cobar is looking like the place to be this October with the Running On Empty Festival organisers getting revved up for what’s sure to be a huge event. The Cobar Weekly spoke with one of the event organisers, Ben Hewlett, last week about the festival’s plans, the growing exposure for […]

Awards recognise community service

January 31, 2018 tcwadmin

The Cobar community came out to support the nominees of this year’s Australia Day Awards which were presented in a ceremony at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool on Friday. Colleen Boucher was awarded the Bossie Mitchell Services to the Community Award. She had some tough competition with 15 nominations in […]

New spaces allow library to expand services offered

January 31, 2018 tcwadmin

Librarian Jane Siermans is thrilled with the two new spaces at the Cobar Shire & TAFE Library which will help to extend the services the library can offer. The two new community facilities in the library’s arcade were officially opened on Thursday. The construction was made possible with a $114,681 […]

Chemists ready to help as codeine changes come into force

January 31, 2018 tcwadmin

From tomorrow Cobar residents, like all other Australian residents, will no longer be able to buy medication containing codeine from chemists without a prescription. The Australian Government has made changes to the law regarding the sale of medicines containing codeine. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) unanimously agreed to the changes […]