A $250,000 grant will support an Indigenous arts organisation in Coffs Harbour to create economic and employment opportunities for First Nations artists. The project has been funded by a ‘Community and Place – Closing the Gap’ grant from Aboriginal Affairs NSW. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

THE future of the Bunker Cartoon Gallery is being driven by a focus on building the venue as a dedicated tourism destination. With a new Board elected at its Extraordinary General Meeting on 26 May, it was announced that a newly created motor vehicle focus will drive the evolution of the

RESIDENTS seeking action on the closed footbridge at Moonee Beach near Sugar Mill Creek are concerned bureaucracy will dash hopes of ever getting a safe crossing reestablished. The bridge was closed to the public in November 2022 after falling into disrepair. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

BONVILLE Rural Fire Brigade members have marked the completion of significant improvements at Bonville Fire Station. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh, who is also the Shadow Minister for Emergency Services, joined brigade members, NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Coffs Coast Team Manager Inspector Sandra Huer and Group Captain Rob Cox

AFTER more than four decades, the Vignes family are saying farewell to their family-owned service station on Sawtell Road at Boambee Creek. The old-style service station, run by the family for 41 years, will trade as Vignes Independent Petroleum for the last time on Friday 24 May, with the new

A VOLUNTEER weeding team made up of members of a Toormina-based engineering business has recently been of service to Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare (CHRL). The Coffs Harbour Landcare office received a call from Kevin Coleborn, Operations Manager at Vulcanic TEE, suggesting the company would like to make a contribution to the

THE Coffs Harbour bypass team is urging motorists to take care and allow more time when driving near construction areas. Reports of vehicles speeding through the road work zones to the north and south of Coffs Harbour have prompted an urgent call for motorists and heavy vehicle operators to slow down. Advertise

THE dearth in qualified surveyors across Australia is being tackled in local educational establishments. Through a program called Maths in Surveying running across NSW, students are provided with a day of practical, interactive exercises. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us -

A GROUP of community leaders have convened to campaign to protect the Jetty Foreshores from proposed private residential development. The group is composed of Gumbaynggirr Elders and custodians, a number of City of Coffs Harbour councillors and leaders of a range of community groups. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

CELEBRATING his 100th blood donation recently, Sawtell resident Greg Wishnowsky was joined by his eighteen-year-old daughter Kiara, who was donating blood for the first time. “To be able to do my one hundredth donation with my daughter when she is doing her first makes it extra special,” Greg, 57, told