PETE’S Place has marked Homelessness Week with an open day at its premises in Coffs Harbour Community Village. In line with this year’s theme of “Homelessness Action Now”, the event raised awareness of the impacts of homelessness and the solutions needed to address the issue at a national, state and local

EMMA Watkins, star of the Emma Memma children’s musical show, will host the Australian Children’s Content Summit 2024 at Pacific Bay Resort from 27 - 29 August. Now considered the leading gathering for children’s content makers in Australia, last year’s inaugural event attracted some 260 delegates from ten countries. Advertise with News

CITY of Coffs Harbour councillors voted unanimously for council staff to prepare a report on initiating a ‘Shark Bite Emergency Response Program’. Cr Cassell said such a program would be a first for the state, aiming to make Coffs Coast beaches safer for locals and visitors who surf or swim along

YAZIDI House in Coffs Harbour has hosted a solemn commemoration to mark the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide. The Islamic State (IS) began their genocidal campaign against Yazidis in Iraq and Syria on 3 August, 2014, and continued until 2017. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

FORMER Coffs Harbour High School student Lachlan Walmsley is on the flight path to becoming a pilot. Now studying a Bachelor of Aviation (Pilot) at the University of South Australia, eighteen-year-old Lachlan earned a Certificate III in Aviation (Remote Pilot) as a TAFE-delivered Vocational Education and Training (TVET) student in

COFFS Harbour has become well-known as one of the epicentres of whale watching on the NSW coast. People from all over the world realise their dreams of a close encounter with these ocean mammals on local whale watching experiences. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.