The Cobar to Ivanhoe road, commonly known as The Wool Track, will get a $6.49 million seal extension as part of the Fixing Country Roads program. An $80.3 million funding boost from the NSW Government was announced last week to allow 29 regional council road projects to get underway to […]
Cobar Shire Council has allocated a further $500,000 to their 2023/2024 budget to allow for increased staffing costs at the Lilliane Brady Village retirement home. Council made the allocation increase to their Quarter 1 Budget review at the October Ordinary Council Meeting. Council’s Director of Corporate and Community Services Kylie […]
The Royal Far West (RFW) children’s health service CEO Jacqui Emery visited Cobar and Bourke last week to get a better understanding of how children’s services are working together. RFW’s focus is on helping 3-12 year olds who have been identified with developmental challenges and creating a pathway of care […]
The Cobar Bowling & Golf Club put into use all three of its function rooms on Saturday night to host a community farewell for two of the club’s long-serving staff, Chris Brown and Sandra Russell. The sibling sisters have worked a combined 75 years at the Golfie—Chris has served for […]
As part of this year’s Festival of the Miner’s Ghost activities the Cobar Dust Bowl Fuel Burners club held a Show n Shine and Cacklefest display. This year’s event had 41 registered entrants and included a wide range of makes of cars and motorbikes. The winners, receiving special trophies created […]
Three mine geologists recount their time in Cobar Cobar welcomed three geologists, former residents, Therese and Craig Stegman and Roger Jackson, as guest speakers at ‘A Night to Remember Our Lost Miners’ event on Friday. Therese and Craig first came to Cobar in 1988 to work […]
Polymetals Resources Ltd, the new owners of the Endeavor Mine, last week released their Mine Restart Study (MRS) with Polymetals’ executive chairman Dave Sproule saying they are “laser focused on recommencement of mining”. Mr Sproule said the extensive MRS document demonstrates strong technical and robust financial returns which point […]
The Cobar Arts Council had a fantastic response from local artists with 170 entries for this year’s Art, Craft and Photography competition and exhibition which included 13 new first time entrants. The winners of each category were announced at the exhibition’s Official Opening on Thursday night at the Cobar Railway […]
Cobar Memorial Services Club members have voted unanimously to investigate the possibility of amalgamating the club with a ‘parent’ club. That was the consensus of the members at the Services Club’s annual general meeting on Saturday. In the absence of the board’s president, Jarrod Barraclough (who was an apology for […]
After five years in the role, Colleen Boucher has stepped down as the president of the Cobar Branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA). Members were reluctant to see her relinquish the role at the groups’ annual general meeting on Sunday. Mrs Boucher was however only following a mandate from […]
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