Young encouraged

02 Feb 12 | After the Australia Day celebrations, Walgett Shire mayor Bill Murray and Councillor Ian Woodcock took the WSC Australia Day Ambassador Sandra Morgan-Beavis on a tour of the Lightning Ridge area.

Sport - Swimming

Rain keeps golfers off course for another week

02 Feb 12 | Kay Hogan won the Friday’s chook run on January 27 with 22 points. This was the first chook run win for her in so long.

Sport - Golf

Pellow making his mark

02 Feb 12 | MATT Pellow is making his hometown proud by going from strength to strength as a professional triathlete.

Sport - Triathlon

Call from Bennett helped Tate return

02 Feb 12 | IT TOOK a phone call from Wayne Bennett to persuade North Queensland centre Brent Tate that he had the mental strength to make yet another comeback from knee surgery.

Sport - Rugby League

Police pursuit with a difference

02 Feb 12 | A POLICE officer has been pursued by a vehicle through Narromine, and rocks allegedly thrown at her car, after she witnessed a domestic dispute.

News - Crime and Law

Orana area needs cancer services

02 Feb 12 | As Gilgandra’s Shirley Foran walked through Centro Dubbo gathering signatures for a petition, her belief that the Orana region desperately needed its own radiotherapy machine became stronger.

News - Health

Building hope

02 Feb 12 | The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is spending $2.5 million on a soft landing for its medical staff in Dubbo by building five new houses.

News - General

Community help offered

02 Feb 12 | More than25 people, some with carers, attended the first visit to Home Care, Community Options, Community Transport, Meals on Wheels and Social Support.

News - General

Regions get funds

02 Feb 12 | Isn’t it great when new ventures prove to be the right choice? The new Inland Regional Tourism Organisation that we come under is proving to work hard for its members, recently obtaining a chunk of government body Destination NSW funding, read on …

News - General

TRUE BLUE SPIRIT

02 Feb 12 | In true Aussie spirit, a large crowd attended Walgett Shire’s Australia Day celebrations.

News - General

Popovic pips players in countback

31 Jan 12 | Friday’s chook run was won by Joe Popovic with a very popular score of 21 points.

Sport - Golf

Ridge divers excel at meet

31 Jan 12 | The 2012 NSW Country Diving Championships held in Lightning Ridge at the weekend was declared resounding success.

Sport - Diving

Scheme helps needy

31 Jan 12 | The Lightning Ridge Neighbourhood Centre Food for Families is going really well, and is very much appreciated by those who use it.

News - General

Treweeke reappointed to chairman position

31 Jan 12 | The Western Catchment Management Authority’s inaugural chairman Mr Rory Treweeke has been reappointed to the position by Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson following a recent round of recruitment for chair positions to all 13 CMAs in NSW.

News - General