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

YAZIDI House in Coffs Harbour has hosted a solemn commemoration to mark the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. The Islamic State (IS) began their genocidal campaign against Yazidis in Iraq and Syria on 3 August, 2014, and continued until 2017. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

FORMER Coffs Harbour High School student Lachlan Walmsley is on the flight path to becoming a pilot. Now studying a Bachelor of Aviation (Pilot) at the University of South Australia, eighteen-year-old Lachlan earned a Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot) as a TAFE-delivered Vocational Education and Training (TVET) student in

COFFS Harbour has become well-known as one of the epicentres of whale watching on the NSW coast. People from all over the world realise their dreams of a close encounter with these ocean mammals on local whale watching experiences. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.

HOCKEY Coffs Coast President Dean Herbert is calling on all levels of government to assist in saving the Stadium Drive synthetic hockey field after it was closed last month due to safety concerns over an unstable playing surface. The closure has left the 500-plus strong association without a viable playing

LAW enforcement careers were showcased at the Coffs Harbour Police Station’s open day last week. Local residents and school students engaged with police officers on-site, including representatives from Highway Patrol, Marine Area Command, Dog Unit, Forensic Services and the Rural Crime Prevention Team. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

ALMOST half a million dollars was donated to the Coffs Harbour Health Campus by the hospital’s Pink Ladies during the past financial year. The United Hospital Auxiliary (UHA) volunteers operate a cafe and gift shop at the hospital, offering a key service to visitors and raising vital funds for essential medical

DOCTOR Time, a film by Bellingen creatives Steve Grace and Jason Brown, is among the early entries for the worldwide SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3), which is now in its 10th year. Filmed in Bellingen and Sawtell in collaboration with Raji Renshaw, a 15-year-old boy with Down Syndrome, Doctor Time started out

MORE than 300 women and girls from the region and interstate came together in Coffs Harbour last week to celebrate Ronak Trinjana Di, a Punjabi tradition paying homage to the special relationship between mothers, daughters and sisters. Event organiser Rani Dhillon said the event was an opportunity for women to come