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Emergency training for hospital staff
Dr David Lord Cowell from Dubbo Hospital visited Cobar Health Service as a part of the Emergency Medicine Education and Training (EMET) program earlier this month. The EMET program provides emergency medicine training to GPs and other medical and nursing staff working across rural and regional Australia. Launched in 2012, […]
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Yarning circle officially opened at school’s Dreaming Day
Cobar Public School (CPS) held Dreaming Day activities at the school last Wednesday which included the official opening of their Yarning Circle. The students at the school are actively involved with learning about local Aboriginal culture and the school’s Dreaming Day is a major celebration on the school’s calendar each […]
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CHS students pitch their business ideas in $20 challenge
A group of Cobar High School Year 9 and 10 commerce students pitched some great business ideas this week to a panel made up of teachers and local business people. The students are currently taking part in the National Australia Bank’s $20 Boss in-school challenge with the NAB providing each […]
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Verdict decided in murder case
Justice Stephen Campbell has found that local residents Margaret and Ian Settree were murdered by their son in December 2014 however, at the time of the offence, the accused was deemed to have been suffering from a significant mental illness. In the week long trial at Dubbo Supreme Court, which […]
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Votes for best businesses
Voting has commenced for Cobar’s favourite business and favourite tradie with the winners to be announced at this year’s Great Cobar Business Awards on September 2. The Cobar Business Association had a polling booth on Saturday in the main street to collect votes for the two categories. Cobar Business Association […]
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Picnic race meeting to add a new event on social calendar
The Cobar Miners Race Club committee is gearing up to host their first picnic race meeting on August 27. While the club has presented an annual TAB race meeting for a number of years, it’s the first time in many years that Cobar will host a picnic meeting. Club president […]
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Jemrok expands into Cobar with new branch officially open
A leading mining and civil infrastructure company has recently opened a branch in Cobar with Jemrok holding an Open Day last Friday. A division of the Kyda Group, Jemrok invited business owners, mine managers, council and The Cobar Weekly to go along to their re-furbished Lewis Street workshop and find […]
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New face at established local business excited for future
The new franchisee of the Harvey Norman Cobar store, Milan Amarsi, said it was a big decision to move from Melbourne to Cobar but it’s one that he’s really excited about. Prior to moving here, the 26 year old who was born and raised in Melbourne, said he knew nothing […]