AN orientation day for Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) School of Rural Medicine was held last Friday at the university’s Macksville campus, with new students in third and fourth year of their medical studies welcomed to the area. Solving the issues which have led to a shortage of doctors in regional and

SCHOOL maintenance and upgrades are underway at Macksville and Bellingen High Schools, as part of a “summer holiday works blitz” orchestrated by the NSW Government. The State Government is investing $698,000 to replace air conditioning and roofs at Bellingen High School, and $147,000 for toilet upgrades at Macksville High School. Advertise

CITIZEN scientists are becoming increasingly frustrated with the disconnect between the animal surveys they conduct, and those carried out by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW). North Coast Environment Council spokesperson Susie Russell, cited the case of two endangered Greater Gliders and two Yellow-bellied Gliders, also endangered, recently seen in Gladstone State

A LOCAL bike ride is being planned in memory of Alan Brighton, a member of Dorrigo Urunga Bellingen Bicycle Users Group (DUBBUG) who died last August aged 84. The memorial ride on 14 February will take in some of Alan’s favourite places around Urunga, including his home, Yellow Rock Road, Old