Cobar has officially broken three temperature records over summer while NSW experienced its warmest summer on record. Nigel Smedley, technical officer from Wagga Wagga Weather Bureau of Meteorology said Cobar Airport weather station recorded a maximum temperature of 47.3 degrees on February 11. The previous record was set on January […]
How many push ups can you do? 10? 20? 50 or maybe 100? Could you do 101 push ups each day for 200 days straight? Well that’s exactly what one local woman, Shakira Colling, is doing for charity. Shak (as she prefers to be called) has a goal to raise […]
Cobar Shire Council is currently weighing up their options as to what to do with a project that ran 18 months overtime and delivered a defective building. The Rural Fire Service (RFS) shed in Railway Parade South is a project being managed by council on behalf of the RFS. “Unfortunately […]
The general managers (GMs) of Cobar’s four main mines and Cobar Shire Council all report the economic future for Cobar is looking bright for the year ahead. The five GMs were guest speakers at a Back to Business Week dinner hosted by the Cobar Business Association last Wednesday night at […]
Local woman, Ellie Russell, said the creation of her magazine, Far West Living (FWL), has been her dream for some time and she was thrilled when the first edition hit the streets last week. “This magazine is not just a project to satisfy my desire to work for something in […]
Cobar businesses don’t appear to be in favour of the penalty rate cuts announced by the Fair Work Commission last Thursday which will affect hospitality, fast food, restaurant, retail and pharmacy workers. A survey by The Cobar Weekly of some of the local businesses that operate on Sundays and public […]
Cobar paramedics have joined their NSW Ambulance counterparts around the state in welcoming the announcement of a $48 million paramedic protection package. Local paramedic Anita Hodgkinson told The Cobar Weekly that she is extremely happy with the result. “After a huge fight which shouldn’t have been needed in the first […]
Local residents had the chance to ask questions about the Draft Far West Regional Plan at an information session at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club on Thursday night. Azaria Dobson, manager of regional growth and planning from the NSW Government Office of Planning & Environment in Dubbo gave a […]
Police arrested a 47 year old Cobar man following the execution of a search warrant at a residence in Cornish Street on Thursday. During the home search police located a significant quantity of cannabis leaf, along […]
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