THERE are sporting legends, and then there’s John Newcombe. The famous moustache, the booming personality, the incredible ...

IN coming weeks, heavily armed officers, rifles and specialist vehicles may be spotted on the streets as the NSW Police Force ...

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DEAR News Of The Area, WHY does Coffs Harbour have one of the highest suicide rates in the state? Besides the lack of ...

BELLINGEN’S main street was blocked on Wednesday 7 October, by a group of young protesters. The protest coincided with the opening of the 2026 National Forestry Symposium in Canberra, where officials, ...

THE world’s best Oztag players are in action in Coffs Harbour this week, as the city hosts the 2026 International Tag ...

A NSW Police Officer attached to a Northern Region command has been charged following an alleged domestic violence incident.

DEAR News Of The Area I REMEMBER assessing the flood damage to my office in the1996 floods, and taking my car to the panel ...

HAVE you ever wondered why we decorate cone-bearing trees, eat turkey and ham, light candles, pull bonbons, hang Christmas stockings, decorate homes, make wreaths and credit Santa with delivering ...

AS if an important local derby wasn’t reason enough to head down to Richardson Park to watch some AFL North Coast action this Saturday, there is also the opportunity to celebrate a magnificent ...

A ROW has broken out over the cost of cutting taxes for millions of Australians as Labor and the opposition try to sell rival economic plans to voters. After a week dominated by the state of the ...

TEN years ago, 10 Australians lost their lives during the world’s largest and most catastrophic thunderstorm asthma event.