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Summerwave Sundays comes to Cohuna

This Sunday June 22, will be a great day of entertainment in Cohuna as four hours of free music gets underway from 2pm at the Big Cohuna Stockyard, headlined by the up and coming band Velvet Bloom as a part of their debut album launch tour.

Border Vet Barham: Navigating change with relocation and expanded services

Border Veterinary Clinic in Barham, NSW, is undergoing a significant transition to better serve its clients and enhance service offerings. With the recent sale of their current Barham premises, the clinic is relocating to a purpose-built facility due to open later in the year.

Victorians dominate first race meeting of season

Sean Cunningham. Victorian raiders were the star turn at the Narrandera Race Club's race meeting on Saturday with Wangaratta-based trainers winning four of the seven races on the card. Jockey Alice Kennedy saluted the judge in the second race with Lightning Lizard ($4) for Wangaratta trainer Ben Brisbourne.

Water workers edge closer to 4 day work week

Continued bargaining dispute proceedings have brought Riverina Water workers one step closer to trialling a four-day work week if they accept their employer's proposal. A "rigorous" long-running dispute process involving Riverina Water and its employees aligned with the United Services Union (USU) and Electrical Trades Union (ETU) is slowly beginning to de-escalate after "dramatic" moments of industrial action.

Narrandera Argus, 19 June 2025

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Yamba’s iconic Norfolk Pines

John McNamara. Reported in DISTRICT NEWS in 28 December 1907 C&RE: Visitors to Yamba during the Christmas holidays have commented upon the constant diminution in the number of available shade trees, and at the same time Mr. J. H. Malden suggests, in the ''Agricultural Gazette," that the Norfolk Island pine should be more freely planted along the coastal areas than it is.

Coles Yamba top fundraising for MND Big Freeze

What began with an Ice Bucket Challenge aimed at Coles Yamba Manager Jack Gibb has turned into a powerful community fundraising effort for Motor Neurone Disease (MND).

A day in the life of the Coastal Emu

A remarkable new short film about one of the Clarence Valley’s most iconic and endangered, second largest living bird in the world, the Coastal Emu gives an amazing insight into the lives of these fascinating creatures. Titled ‘A day in the life of a Coastal Emu’ the film by Skyloka Australia's Field Researcher and Drone Pilot Micah Ruedin ...

Council confirms support for wind farm despite strong opposition at hearing

Hay Shire Council has formally expressed its support for Pottinger Wind Farm at the conclusion of a four-hour long hearing with the NSW Government Independent Planning Commission last Thursday, amid some vehement opposition from concerned locals, lobby groups and chair of Nuclear for Australia, Adi Paterson.

Giant Mallee Wood Scorpion wins Moulamein Art Gallery sculpture comp

A giant Mallee Wood Scorpion has won the 2025 Moulamein Art Gallery sculpture competition in the large section. The entry by Rhys Mortensen and Marty Horn was constructed using many different types of scrap material, including gears, cogs, heavy chain and the pressure plate from a clutch.

Jill Chapman recognised in Parliament

A Community Recognition Statement was read out in parliament for Jill Chapman when Member for Murray, Helen Dalton took the floor during a recent sitting. Mrs Dalton recognised Mrs Chapman's devotion and dedication to the agricultural show movement...

Channel 7-AFL Riverland free-to-air bombshell… Please reconsider

Madison Eastmond and Hugh Schuitemaker. WIN and Channel 7 will be urged to reconsider a decision that – from July 1 – will rob Riverland free-to-air TV viewers from seeing AFL, cricket and a raft of other popular programs. In a bombshell announcement this week, WIN said it would cease broadcasting Channel 7 signals into the regional SA markets of Loxton and Mount Gambier, plus Griffith (NSW).

A Pound of Salt strikes gold in Wauchope Cup on Sunday

A classic and patient ride from Grant Buckley resulted in a dominant victory by A Pound of Salt in the $40,000 Wauchope Cup at Port Macquarie on Sunday. The large crowd was left in awe as the Todd Howlett trained gelding powered down the crown of the track to land the club’s feature from Russian Roni with Annulus working home well to land the minor prize in front of Point Counterpoint.

Drones trialled to enhance NSW Ambulance aeromedical and special operations: Park

NSW Ambulance has trialled the use of drones to enhance its aeromedical and special operations capabilities during search and rescue missions. The two-month Remotely Piloted Aeromedical Clinical Systems (RPACS) trial, utilised cutting-edge technology to enhance patient care, operational safety and efficiency ... This initiative was made possible through the NSW Ambulance partnership with Toll Aviation ...

When the bills don’t get paid: council faces difficult property auction

Ruth McRae OAM has been in local government long enough to know that some decisions weigh heavier than others. As Mayor of Murrumbidgee Council, she's had to make plenty of tough calls, but few sit as uncomfortably as the one announced this week.

Northern Rivers Rail almost a reality

Lydia Kindred. Bringing low-emission, passenger train services back to the Northern Rivers railway line is the closest it will ever be, right now. The required reports have been lodged with UGL Regional Linx and Transport for NSW and we now must raise sufficient funds for a licence to be granted. Northern Rivers Rail Ltd, local community-based railway company ...

Mcbride’s appeals rejected

Joe Lauria. The Australian government whistleblower David McBride is headed back to jail with no end of incarceration in sight. He is serving nearly six years for leaking documents to the media exposing Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. A three-judge panel at the Supreme Court in Australia's capital on 28th May spent less than one minute dismissing all appeals by David McBride ...

Photographer’s pic of prominent local selected for National Photographic Portrait Prize

Photographer Jodie Harris is a finalist in the 2025 National Photographic Portrait Prize ... Jodie is a photographer of Yamatji and Wajari descent and she lives and works on Bundjalung Country in Kyogle ... “Photographic portraiture is something I continue to be drawn to for its enduring power to tell a story.”

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