MEMBERSHIP growth in the Coffs Harbour RSL sub-Branch is in line with a growing theme across sub-Branches on the Mid North Coast. After four decades of declining membership, veterans are now beginning to return to their local RSL sub-Branches. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

THE City of Coffs Harbour has recommended a plan of action to improve the health of the catchment for Hearnes Lake in Woolgoolga which includes the establishment of a dedicated Task Force. It is proposed that the Task Force includes technical officers from Local Land Services, the Environmental Protection Agency

MORE than 100 Marine Rescue NSW volunteers from the Northern Rivers and Mid North Coast teamed up with NSW Police Marine Area Command and other agencies for a major Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) at Ballina over the weekend. The two-day event had an on water focus on Saturday while information

THE people of Coffs Harbour are being asked for their comments and feedback on the draft Bush Fire Risk Management Plan (BFRMP) compiled by Coffs Coast Bush Fire Management Committee (BFMC). The plan is on exhibition now and the public is invited to view the draft plan and make comments by

COFFS youth radio station 104.1 CHYM set up for a live broadcast on game day as the Cronulla Sharks took on the Newcastle Knights on Saturday. “As well as the usual commentary on their crazy lives, radio hosts Amber and Zoe Hill got amongst the exciting game day atmosphere at

LOCAL Government NSW (LGNSW), the peak body for NSW councils, says the newly elected NSW Government has kicked off its first term in the worst possible way by sending NSW council budgets into meltdown, forcing them to shed jobs, close services and scrap infrastructure plans. The Emergency Services Levy (ESL),

LOCALS from Repton, Raleigh and Mylestom turned out in force in the cold, damp pre-dawn of Tuesday morning not to glorify war but to honour those who have served and fought for their country. Earlier in the year the North Beach Recreation and Bowling Club had built a small cenotaph

A NEW type of treatment for prostate cancer patients at Mid North Coast Cancer Institute (MNCCI) is coming to the region thanks to a grant provided by Coffs Harbour’s Shearwater Lodge. This is the first facility in regional NSW to have access to the new type of treatment which

ANZAC Day at Sawtell will be commemorated in traditional style, with a Dawn Service commencing at 6am in the Lyle Rose RSL Memorial Park in Fourth Avenue behind the RSL Club. The later street march will commence at 11am and will culminate at the Park at approximately 11.25am, where the Main

AN upcoming educational and service-oriented trip to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory is honing the fundraising skills of the Class 10 students at Chrysalis Steiner School in the Thora Valley On Saturday 15 April the students will be hosting a stall at the Bellingen Markets where they will be selling