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.
Tweed Heads
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 inTweed Heads
New veterans’ support hub opens on NSW North Coast
Veterans and their families across the NSW North Coast will have greater access to local support following the opening of a new hub in Tweed Heads.
Posted inFlood, Tweed Heads
Largest post-flood housing project underway in Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads is getting 80 new social housing units as part of the Northern Rivers’ ongoing flood recovery.
Posted inByron Bay, Environment, Grants and funding, Tweed Heads
$1 million boost for North Coast bushland recovery
From Byron’s hinterland to the Tweed Coast, three local groups have landed a share of $1 million to repair bushland and protect threatened species from disaster.
Posted inAged care, Crime, News, Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads carer accused of raiding elderly clients for $140,000 in cash, jewellery and stolen goods
A carer trusted to look after two elderly Tweed Heads residents now faces court, accused of siphoning off $140,000 and stashing stolen jewellery, perfume and handbags at her home.
Posted inCrime, Tweed Heads
Carer charged over alleged $140,000 bank card transactions in Tweed Heads
A Tweed Heads carer has been charged after police uncovered more than $140,000 in alleged unauthorised transactions involving an elderly man.
Posted inHealth, Tweed Heads
‘I’m living the dream’: Tweed woman returns to thank clinicians after kidney transplant
A Tweed woman who spent five years on dialysis has reunited with the clinicians who cared for her after a life-changing kidney transplant.
Posted inRoads and Infrastructure, Tweed Heads
Changed traffic conditions on Boyds Bay Bridge at Tweed Heads South
Night works on Boyds Bay Bridge at Tweed Heads South will close a northbound off-ramp and slow traffic overnight.
Posted inHealth, Housing, Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads health services set to move into Tweed Mall
The old Tweed Hospital site is emptying out, and health services are moving into the mall. But the old site itself has a new future too: 800 homes, waterfront paths and more tree cover by 2029.