Local children, young people and families in Cobar will benefit from a recent State Government funding announcement by Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries. Mr Humphries said his electorate would receive an extension of $5.8 million in funding for targeted early intervention and intensive programs until mid-2017. Of the $5.8 million […]
In the coming weeks more than 150,000 people will sign up to shave or colour their hair to support Australians with blood cancer and fund research, while in Cobar there’s a posse of pooches who are joining in the cause. The Cobar Memorial Services Club is a regular supporter of […]
Retrenched workers from Endeavor Mine who attended a Redundancy Support Session in Cobar last week report it was a very useful session. Coordinated by the Cobar Business Association, the support session at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club last Wednesday was aimed at retrenched workers and their partners. It provided […]
The Cobar branch of the Isolated Children’s Parents Association (ICPA) is in danger of folding after the branch failed to get a quorum at their annual general meeting on Saturday. A not for profit group made up of volunteer parents, ICPA works to ensure that children living in rural and […]
Cobar residents can expect the hot temperatures to continue as a second week of 35 degrees plus weather is forecast. The late February heatwave will see temperatures up to nine degrees above average this week. Today is expected to reach 40 degrees while a top of 42 degrees is forecast […]
Two local businesses, Stationery Essentials and Gumnuts Gifts & Homewares, are getting behind Batyr with their ‘One Sock Wednesday’ Cobar campaign. Stationery Essentials’ manager Wendy Robinson said all money raised in Cobar for Batyr, a social enterprise that focuses on preventative education in the area of young people’s mental health, […]
Essential Energy has recently completed a major streetlight maintenance program in the Cobar Shire Council area to help ensure the ongoing performance and reliability of local public lighting. Regional manager Northern, Mark Summers, said Essential Energy’s bulk lamp replacement program was undertaken on a cyclical basis across each local government […]
Cobar Shire Council is looking to apply for one-off grant funding from the NSW Government’s $4 million Innovation Fund to install an electronic document management system. The electronic system will help council to deliver better services and better infrastructure in the local community. Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries said small […]
Workers retrenched last week from Endeavor Mine and their partners will be able to access a range of information and advice today at a Redundancy Support Session. Coordinated by the Cobar Business Association, the session today at the Cobar Bowling & Golf Club will be attended by training providers, counsellors […]
Cobar’s local weather observer, Trevor Menadue, is on the list of staff casualties to be re-deployed as part of the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BOM) strategic plan to automate regional weather stations. BOM’s media advisor Sharon Herbert said the staff cuts to 22 field offices (which includes the Cobar station) are […]
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