LIFEWALK 2023, on Saturday 3 June, organised by Coffs Harbour LifeHouse Care, has a goal to raise $100k for a Sleepus and its related crisis services. Sleepbus provides a safe, temporary overnight accommodation service which gets people off the street by offering an immediate, first stop, cost-effective solution for society’s

ON WEDNESDAY 22 March at 9.59pm, three NSW Police Public Order and Riot Squad officers arrived at the Coffs Harbour home of Mark Graham, a well known local ecologist and conservation advocate. In a video shared by Mr Graham, the three officers can be seen entering Mr Graham’s yard. Advertise with

DREAMING up a fundraising duck race, in which little yellow toy ducks compete in a dash across Moonee Creek, is a brainwave that has paid off spectacularly for the W. Short Hospitality Group. The Coffs Coast venues managed by the Group - Toormina Hotel, Sawtell Hotel and Moonee Beach Hotel

PACIFIC Bay Resort’s strong relationship with Journey Beyond’s Great Southern Rail delivered a memorable travelling experience for guests across a three-month period this summer, bringing with it a significant boost to the Coffs Harbour visitor economy. From a modest beginning back in 2019, The Great Southern Rail experience has grown

MARGARET Crawley, an absolute do-er and shaker for the Coffs Harbour community, passed away on 24 February 2023, aged 79, days before her 80th birthday on 7 March. Dear Margaret lived a generous, hard-working, loving, creative, sporty, fun and supportive life beloved by her daughters, Sandy and Michelle. Advertise with News of

KELLIE Pearce was announced as the Animal Justice Party’s (AJP) state candidate for Coffs Harbour at their official NSW State Election launch on Saturday 25 February. Ms Pearce has lived in the Coffs Coast region since 2002 and works as both a financial adviser and wedding celebrant in her

A SURVEY to close the six-month community consultation period for the Woolgoolga Bike Lane opened on Monday 13 February and closes Sunday 26 February 2023. To be found on the City Of Coffs Harbour (CoCH) website, the survey invites the community to share its experience of the bike lane and shared

CONSERVATIONISTS have been warning for a while that current logging practices could lead to contamination of drinking water supplies. With the Clarence Valley Council asking Coutts Crossing residents to boil their tap water and residents across the Clarence Valley being asked to restrict town water consumption in line with

THE Dorrigo Koala Alliance, a group of concerned locals and conservationists, is horrified at Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) logging currently underway in Moonpar State Forest. The Alliance says the forest contains the best quality remaining koala habitats on the Dorrigo Plateau, in areas labelled by FCNSW as compartments