Drought not forgotten

Rainfall measuring in some cases of more than 100mm has been recorded across the western area this past week. After heavy falls last Sunday night, a second rain event started in the Cobar Shire last Wednesday with more falls recorded on Thursday, while the best results came from big storms […]

Parts of the Cobar district have recorded their best rain in years, filling tanks and causing the Yanda Creek to swell to levels not seen for decades. The creek flooded, cutting the Barrier Highway 15km east of Cobar on Sunday afternoon, after some areas recorded rainfall upwards of 50-100mm over […]

A career change opportunity that present-ed itself to Bethany Smith just over 12 months ago has recently helped her to land a new, exciting role. Starting out as an administration trainee with Cobar Shire Council in January 2021, which gave her on-the-job training and involved stud-ying a Certificate III in […]