Local News
Thumbs up for extended pool hours
In an effort to better cater for families, in particular those with small children, the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool has extended its trading hours. A two week trial of the extended hours began last Wednesday and will see the pool stay open one hour later each night. Cobar Shire Council’s […]
New studio helps fulfil local dancer Eden Coughlan’s dream
A new dance studio, Copper City Dance Centre (CCDC) has started up and its talented teachers have begun teaching a variety of dance classes to over 100 enrolled students. Opening a dance studio has been a life long dream of local woman Eden Coughlan. “It had always been my goal […]
Cobar High School welcomes new staff members to the team
Cobar High School has four new staff members for the 2017 school year. Claire Wood began working with the school in Term 4 2016 and is beginning her first full year as the School Counsellor. Ella Moratti has moved from Sydney to Cobar to embark on her first posting as […]
Australia Day awards recognise volunteers
Locals who have given freely of their time and skills to make Cobar a better community to live in have been honoured with Australia Day awards. At this year’s Australia Day awards ceremony on Thursday at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool, locals heard about the work that Citizen of the […]
Round up your old mobile phones and feed the hungry
Cobar Shire Council is helping to recycle old mobile phones by acting as a Mobile Muster collector. There is currently a collection box at the Council chambers where you can drop off your unwanted old mobile phones, chargers and cases. For every mobile phone that is dropped into the recycling […]
Power outage as another storm rips through Cobar
Cobar residents sweltered on Sunday afternoon after many homes and businesses were left without power for more than an hour. Storm activity in the area on Sunday afternoon just before 4pm included a number of lightning strikes, one of which hit Essential Energy’s power lines approximately 55km east of Cobar. […]