Lismore City Council is seeking rural representatives to strengthen community input into flood risk management and resilience planning across the region.
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Posted inMidCoast
Penfold welcomes end of Manning Valley mining exploration
Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold has welcomed MCi Carbon’s decision to abandon mineral exploration in the Manning Valley.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Grants and funding, Sawtell, Woolgoolga
Coffs Harbour funds a softer landing for basketball, and a Meals on Wheels comeback
A padded landing for basketball players, a pickleball court upgrade and a Meals on Wheels comeback in Sawtell, eight projects are sharing $150,000 in Coffs Harbour council grants.
Posted inAnimals, Clarence Valley, Environment, NSW Politics
Local MP demands government halt aerial horse cull in Yuraygir National Park
Nationals MP Richie Williamson says the government has kept locals in the dark over plans to shoot horses from the air in Yuraygir National Park, and wants it stopped.
Posted inCrime, Woolgoolga
Woolgoolga rallies around local teen as three charged with violent assault
A baseball bat, a fractured elbow and a video the whole town is talking about. Three charged over an alleged Woolgoolga assault, as locals rally to stop the footage spreading further.
Posted inBellingen Shire, Environment, Local politics
Bellingen Shire smashes climate target five years early
Bellingen Shire just cut its emissions by 69 per cent, smashing its 2030 target five years early. Solar panels, electric vehicles and a landmark power deal are behind the numbers.
Posted inCrime, Kempsey
Push for police drones to patrol Mid North Coast skies
Kempsey Shire has the second worst motor vehicle theft rate in NSW, and Michael Kemp wants police drones overhead. Turns out the state may already have Kempsey in its sights.
Posted inIndigenous, Scotts Head
Fire returns to Country at Scotts Head for the first time in decades
Fire returned to Scotts Head for the first time in decades, as Traditional Owners and the RFS carried out a cultural burn along an ancient songline stretching back to Guyra.
Posted inHealth, Northern Rivers, Tweed Shire
Northern NSW hospitals brace for busiest winter yet
Northern NSW hospitals are seeing 22 more patients a day than this time last year. Health bosses reveal where locals should go instead of the ED, and it might save you hours in a waiting room.
Posted inAgriculture, Coffs Harbour, Workers and Unions
Return help available for illegal farm workers, department says
Workers told the ABC they couldn’t afford to fly home. The Department of Home Affairs says return costs are usually covered, and help is available for those who need it.