APPRECIATION was expressed to the numerous sponsors and supporters of C.ex Group Coffs Harbour Running Festival at a thank-you event hosted by Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour on Wednesday 20 September. The annual running festival, now in its eleventh year, was held on Sunday 10 September 2023 with a bumper turnout

SURF Life Saving (SLS) patrol season was officially welcomed at Woolgoolga over the weekend with the time-honoured tradition of Raising of the Flags. On Saturday morning, 23 September, members of the Woolgoolga Surf Life Saving Club and supporters gathered on the sand. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth

THE PROBUS Club of Coffs City is celebrating Probus Month by reaching out to the community and sharing awareness of what the club members’ goals and projects are. “On the first of October, we begin our Probus Month celebrations in line with the International Day of Older Persons,” David Hough, Probus

THE PINK Silks Trust has donated a portable life-support unit to Coffs Harbour Health Campus (CHHC) thanks to the generosity of the Coffs Coast community in supporting the charity’s events. The ventilator, which cost $67,171, will help doctors and nurses care for critically ill patients, who have transferred to CHHC

FORESTRY Corporation has taken delivery of three new fire tankers, including one in Grafton, to ensure New South Wales communities are safeguarded from bushfires. The state-of-the-art category one tankers have been supplied by the Rural Fire Service (RFS), as part of its new build program, to bolster the state’s firefighting arsenal.

NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD) Coffs Coast Woman of the Year Award to recognise outstanding women in the region who demonstrate innovation, commitment and a significant contribution to empowering members of the community within the local area. This initiative of the IWD Planning Committee,

A NEW mental health service has arrived in Coffs Harbour. Healthy Hub Connect is a collaborative effort between EACH (Eastern Access Community Health), The Buttery, Ability Options, Health Voyage and Wellways, and is funded by Healthy North Coast through the North Coast Public Health Network program - an initiative of the

ULONG residents have been left feeling high and dry as the early start to summer, combined with a dry winter and drier spring, has led to many locals on the mountain running very low or being totally out of water and finding it difficult to access. Carol Cleary, owner of

ON Friday 6 October from 7pm, the Coffs Hotel will hum with the high octane sounds of Floyd Vincent and the Temple Dogs. From the age of ten when he first picked up the classical guitar through to his first professional band at the age of fourteen, Floyd Vincent has

ON SATURDAY 14 October at 6.30pm, Sawtell Cinema will screen Disconnect Me, an Australian doco recording the outcomes of independent filmmaker Alex Lykos disconnecting from his digital devices for 30 days. We call it our phone, but the mobile device we carry around with us connects us to so many