PINK Silks Trust has donated $27,000 worth of equipment to Coffs Harbour Health Campus' loan pool for palliative care patients. It includes two electric nursing care beds, two bedside rails, four wheelchairs, two foldable walking frames, two mobile shower chairs, two commode seats, two commode accessories, two commode pans, two pressure-relieving

AROUND 500 public sector nurses and midwives in Coffs Harbour joined a statewide twelve-and-a-half-hour strike for improved pay on Tuesday. The renewed strike action comes after demands for a fifteen percent wage increase were knocked back by the State Government. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

STORM Season is approaching and SES Corindi-Woolgoolga is prepared. While storms and floods can happen at any time, there is a greater chance of them occurring in NSW between September and April. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981

THE NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is strongly encouraging property owners adjacent to conservation areas to contact their local Area Office for advice before they start any land management activities. It follows the conviction of a Dundurrabin landholder in Coffs Harbour Local Court on 30 August, for damaging vegetation

PARAMEDICS from across the Mid North Coast, including from Coffs Harbour, have been put through their paces ahead of taking the wheel of new off-road vehicles. The eight paramedics, from stations down to Tuncurry, recently undertook beach and bush training in the service’s new Toyota 200 series Landcruisers. Advertise with News of

COFFS City Orchestra will present a classical springtime concert at the Harbourside Markets on Sunday 22 September. The beachside performance will be conducted by local musician and artistic director Tim Egan. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882.

THE Australian Children’s Content Summit held in Coffs Harbour in August brought together 250 delegates from ten countries. Created by Emmy Award winning SLR Productions’ CEO Suzanne Ryan, the event was held at Pacific Bay Resort. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

A HAZARD reduction burn in the Wedding Bells State Forest was lit this week to protect neighbouring properties from summer bushfires and safeguard Woolgoolga Mountain Bike Club infrastructure. Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is undertaking the 3000 hectare burn, reducing fuel loads in the state forest. Advertise with News of The Area