COFFS Harbour residents are being encouraged to enrol as volunteers in the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) so they can take part in nighttime koala surveys in Bongil Bongil National Park. This long-running and popular citizen science program will begin near Repton at 6:30pm on Sunday, 22 September, and run

MORE than half of the Mid North Coast’s low-income households are going without meals due to cost-of-living pressures, according to a report commissioned by the NSW Council Of Social Services (NCOSS). The report, titled “Impossible Choices: Decisions NSW communities shouldn’t have to make”, was the result of a survey of 1080

VOTERS across the Coffs Harbour LGA will have their say on the future of the Jetty Foreshores on Saturday as they head to the polls for local government elections. Along with electing a new council, residents and ratepayers will be asked the following ‘yes’ or ‘no’ poll question: “The Coffs

MAYOR Steve Allan will seek another term leading Bellingen Shire as voters go to the polls on Saturday for local government elections. Mr Allan, running as an Independent, was elected Mayor in 2021, successfully overcoming incumbent Dominic King (Greens) and Labor’s Andrew Woodward. A Urunga pharmacist and business owner, Mr

THE 110th anniversary of the Australian Red Cross was marked in Woolgoolga with both Wiigulga Sports Complex and the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple lit up in red. The Woolgoolga Red Cross Branch hosted a party on the anniversary day, 13 August, with over 80 supporters and friends in attendance. Advertise

UPPER Orara Hall is now more energy and cost efficient thanks to the arrival of a new solar battery. The 13.5kWh Tesla Powerwall Battery was funded by a $15,900 NSW Government grant through the Community Building Partnership Program. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message