COFFS couple Rob and Margaret Chapman have donated two new pieces of equipment to Coffs Harbour Health Campus (CHHC). Longstanding benefactors of CHHC, the Chapmans donated a vital signs monitor valued at $4551.53 to the Renal Unit and $11,440 for an ECG machine for radiotherapy patients at Mid North Coast Cancer

WOOLGOOLGA’S long-awaited Whale Trail officially opened last Wednesday, with an 80-strong crowd of residents, council representatives and politicians in attendance at the town’s headland for the event. The 570-metre Whale Trail connects Woolgoolga Beach Reserve with the Solitary Islands Coastal Walk, and includes about 110 metres of boardwalk. Advertise with

RURAL Fire Service (RFS) volunteers undertook a day of extensive pre-season training on Saturday 3 August. Codenamed ‘Exercise Burnt Banana’, the training was focused on replicating real-life situations. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email

PETE’S Place has marked Homelessness Week with an open day at its premises in Coffs Harbour Community Village. In line with this year’s theme of “Homelessness Action Now”, the event raised awareness of the impacts of homelessness and the solutions needed to address the issue at a national, state and local

EMMA Watkins, star of the Emma Memma children’s musical show, will host the Australian Children’s Content Summit 2024 at Pacific Bay Resort from 27 - 29 August. Now considered the leading gathering for children’s content makers in Australia, last year’s inaugural event attracted some 260 delegates from ten countries. Advertise with News

CITY of Coffs Harbour councillors voted unanimously for council staff to prepare a report on initiating a ‘Shark Bite Emergency Response Program’. Cr Cassell said such a program would be a first for the state, aiming to make Coffs Coast beaches safer for locals and visitors who surf or swim along