Cobar Shire councillors will vote tomorrow night to elect their mayor and deputy mayor for the year ahead. Nominations for the position of mayor and deputy mayor have been called and were to have closed at 4pm yesterday. While councillors are elected for a four year term, the mayor and […]
TAFE Western hosted a cocktail party and information night followed by an Open Day at the Cobar campus last week in an effort to showcase their numerous training opportunities to local businesses. TAFE Western’s Cobar Campus manager Deanne Piper said the events were aimed at increasing TAFE Western’s public profile […]
CSA Mine Glencore employee and former TAFE Western Dubbo student Jim Delboux may have finished outside the placings in the prestigious WorldSkills Competition in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but he was still pleased with his performance against some of the best young apprentices in the world. Mr Delboux, 21, who studied […]
Cobar Quilt Shop was named Cobar’s Most Outstanding Business at the 2015 Great Cobar Business Awards on Saturday night at Cobar Bowling & Golf Club. The business was a favourite with this year’s judges and picked up three awards on the night, including being a joint winner of the Retail […]
The Copper City Men’s Shed held their annual general meeting (AGM) last Tuesday night with members reflecting on what has been a very busy year. Returning to the position of men’s shed coordinator, Gordon Hill reported that over the past year members had completed somewhere in the vicinity of 90 […]
With very limited public transport options in Cobar a number of older residents find it difficult to do their shopping, attend medical appointments and even visit their friends. Often they have to rely on a family member or a friend to drive them to their appointments or to the supermarket. […]
The Festival of the Miner’s Ghost committee held another planning meeting on Thursday night at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club to discuss the progress of this year’s festival activities. Museum curator Kaye Stingemore informed the meeting of her plan to run ‘Anzac Walking Tours’ of the cemetery as part […]
Cobar Preschool, Cobar Mobile Children’s Resources and Murrin Bridge Preschool will all receive a $7,000 State Government grant which is designed to help improve access to pre-school for children in rural and remote communities. Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries and Minister for Early Childhood Education Leslie Williams last week announced […]
After almost two years without an air service, an Air Link Saab 340 aircraft flew into Cobar on Monday morning as part of a new regular public transport (RPT) air service. Cobar commuters now have access to regular return flights four days a week to Dubbo which will connect with […]
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