TAKYLA Hardes has been named the overall winner of the local Lions Youth of the Year program for 2024. This year’s final three contestants were Takyla and Anastasia Harris from Nambucca Heads High School, and Ruby Wood from Nambucca Valley Christian School. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

FRIDAY 8 November marked the passing of centenarian Maurice John Butler, recently a resident of Autumn Lodge in Macksville. A service was held on Thursday 21 November at the Bernard Laverty Funeral Chapel, with family and friends gathering afterwards for light refreshments at the Macksville Ex-Services Club. Advertise with News of The

GARDEN clubs from across the region converged on Dorrigo last month, visiting the garden of former Nambucca Valley residents Libby and Peter Ussher. On Wednesday 30 October, members of the Stuarts Point and District Garden Club were joined by green thumbs from the Nambucca Valley Garden Club, the South West

OVER the years the Nambucca Valley Country Music Club has deservedly acquired a reputation as one of the most community minded not-for-profit social groups in the district. The Club has further cemented that reputation with another round of generous donations passed on to deserved recipients. Advertise with News of The Area

IN a first for the Nambucca Valley, 30 Malaysian scholars are completing their studies at NV College. Through this pilot training program, the scholars will obtain the skills required to be aged care specialists when they return to their homeland. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

NAMBUCCA Heads High School student Ashton Angus is embarking on the adventure of a lifetime as part of the Rotary Short Term Exchange Program (STEP), sponsored by Nambucca Valley Rotary. The Year 10 student has relocated to Germany for three months and is one of 12 participants from District 9660

FORTY-TWO students took on local Police and Fire and Rescue staff in a series of four-player round-robin chess tournaments last Friday at St Mary’s Primary School, Bowraville. Students also had a chance to meet one of Australia’s top-ranked chess players, Grandmaster Zong Yuan Zhao, and take part in a simul (simultaneous

THE Nambucca Valley branch of the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) and residents of Kings Point are planning to conduct a flood evacuation exercise to prepare the community for future floods. The exercise will start at 8:30am on Saturday 7 December 2024 with a fake severe weather scenario leading to a

MACKSVILLE Medical Centre’s Practice Manager Casey Shorter has been named the Rising Star in Rural/Remote Health at the National Rural and Remote Health Awards. The awards were presented at the National Press Club in Canberra last Wednesday night. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message