Six heritage-listed Tweed war memorials are about to be checked over, and the Taree War Memorial Clock is getting a facelift. Find out what’s in store for the North Coast’s memorials.
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Posted inBeaches and Surf, Business, Kingscliff
Kingscliff founder’s activewear goes from run to ocean
One sweaty Kingscliff run, one very tempting ocean, and an idea that took eight years. Danica Ainsworth is racing the Kingscliff Triathlon in her own Sweat to Swim gear.
Posted inAccidents and road closures, Fingal Head
Two lives lost in separate North Coast crashes
Two families are grieving after separate crashes on the North Coast. One driver died at the scene at Fingal Head. A woman died in hospital more than two weeks after a crash at Herons Creek.
Posted inFeature, Health, Northern Rivers, Tweed Heads
Premature babies spared Gold Coast trips by $120,000 eye scanner
Tiny babies at risk of losing their sight no longer face a trip to the Gold Coast. A $120,000 community effort has put a portable eye scanner into Northern Rivers hospitals.
Posted inBanora Point, Emergency management, Feature, Grafton, Lismore
Storm hotspots keep moving across NSW
Lismore, Banora Point, Grafton: North Coast communities have all topped NSW storm claim lists.
Posted inCrime, Feature, Murwillumbah
Missing Northern Rivers woman’s death treated as homicide
Police have launched a homicide investigation after remains found near Terragon were identified as a Northern Rivers woman missing since February.
Posted inEmergency management, Feature, Murwillumbah
New $6.2 million Murwillumbah SES facility taking shape
A new $6.2 million Murwillumbah SES headquarters is taking shape, strengthening flood and storm response capabilities across the Tweed region.
Posted inCrime, Tweed Heads
Pedestrian dies after being hit by car at Tweed Heads
A man in his 70s has died after a late-night crash in Wharf Street, Tweed Heads. Police want CCTV, mobile phone, or dashcam vision from anyone who was nearby.
Posted inCrime, Feature, Murwillumbah
Driver charged over alleged hit-and-run following fatal Eungella shooting
A 39-year-old man has been charged after allegedly pursuing and running over another man following a fatal shooting near Murwillumbah last year.
Posted inCrime, Feature, Terragon
Body found in Terragon stock dip treated as suspicious
A body found in a stock dip at Terragon, 300 metres down an overgrown track, has police treating the death as suspicious. They still do not know who she is.