THIS week marks the launch of a ground-breaking initiative at the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre aimed at empowering individuals and families affected by gambling to regain control. Kicking off during GambleAware Week (21-27 October), the new Gambling Harm program is offering a free public information session designed to raise awareness about

OPENING times for the City of Coffs Harbour’s (CoCH) satellite swimming pools have residents concerned. For a second year, Sawtell and Woolgoolga 25 metre swimming pools will open weekdays at 6am and close for the day from 1pm, with no Learn to Swim programs available at either pool. Advertise with News

MEMBERS of Korora VIEW Club are calling on the community to give generously this Anti-Poverty Week, 13-19 October, and to consider sponsoring a child through the national education charity The Smith Family. Korora VIEW Club helps three children through The Smith Family’s Learning for Life education support program, which

TOURISM Research Australia (TRA) has released figures for the 2023 and 2024 years, revealing impressive visitor growth for the Coffs Coast. The TRA report shows there were 885,000 domestic overnight visitors per year to Coffs Harbour in the two-year average for 2023-24, a near 20 percent jump on 2022-23. Advertise

A GENEROUS $15,000 donation to Coffs Harbour Health Campus’s Colposcopy Clinic from the Pink Silks Perpetual Trust has enabled the purchase of specialised equipment to enhance the clinic’s gynaecology services. The donation underscores the ongoing commitment of the local charity to provide practical support to women’s health in the Coffs Coast

THE Coffs Harbour Veteran Vintage and Classic Car Club (CHVVCC) will celebrate its 50th year by hosting the 2024 “Great Eastland Hub Rally” in Coffs Harbour over the weekend of 26-27 October. The rally is an annual gathering of four vintage car clubs from Taree, Tamworth, Armidale and Coffs Harbour, with

COFFS Harbour Daybreak Rotary Club’s Rymarine 2024 program is now at capacity with 23 students participating. For four days at the end of October the teenagers will be immersed in marine science activities with a view to whetting their appetites for a future career or inspire an ocean related hobby. Advertise with

RETIREE Simon from Sawtell reckons he’s got another year of providing free food to the hungry of Coffs Harbour. For the past nine months he’s been giving away hot sausage snacks from a table he sets up on the pavement alongside the Woollies car park in the city. Advertise with News of

TO mark Breast Cancer Awareness month this October local breast cancer survivor paddling club, Dragons Abreast Coffs Coast, is holding a Field of Women event. It is a visual display of pink lady and blue men silhouettes symbolising the over 20,000 Australians diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Advertise with News of

SENIOR swimmers have been shocked by the increase in the price of admission to Coffs Harbour’s War Memorial Olympic Pool. One couple, aged 87 and 85, returned home after a few weeks away to find the price of their daily swim had increased from $4 to $4.60. Advertise with News of The