NSW Rural Fire Service brigades from Inverell, Gum Flat and Gilgai were called in to assist property owners in extinguishing a fire on the Copeton Dam Rd yesterday afternoon. Crews responded to the fire just before 5pm which is believed to have started by a lightning...
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Kookabookra Fire Under Control
New England Zone Rural Fire Service have confirmed the fire burning near Guyra, is now under control and officially on patrol status. The fire, at Kookabookra, 42km northeast of Guyra, grew to just over 300 hectares and was brought under control by local landholders,...
National Survivors’ Day – A Day to Stand in Solidarity with Survivors
Today, is National Survivor’s Day, it commemorates the resilience of survivors of sexual assault, institutional and systemic abuse. An important initiative from In Good Faith Foundation (IGFF) who supports survivors of sexual assault and institutional abuse through...
Local SES Teams Assist Couple
Inverell SES unit were called into action on Sunday evening to locate a couple who had engine trouble on Pindari Dam. The Unit responded, along with the assistance of the Ashford SES, and found the vessel in a cove at the eastern end of the dam at about 2am yesterday...
Police Appeal Assistance to Locate Armidale Teen
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a teenage girl missing from Armidale. Chelsey Poulton, aged 15, was last seen on the corner of Beardy and Dangar Street, Armidale, about 9am Friday 1 November 2024. When she could not be located or contacted,...
Remembrance Day 2024
Australians are being urged to observe a minute’s silence at 11am today to pay their respects to current and former service men and women on this Remembrance Day. Federal Shadow Veterans Minister and New England MP Barnaby Joyce says in the First World War, 460,000...
Funding for Guyra Scout Hall
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has announced that Guyra’s old Scout Hall will sport a fresh new look thanks to a state government grant of over $145,000. Mr Moylan visited the hall along with members of the Rotary Club of Guyra, who have taken over the...
NIAS Seeks Partnership with Inverell Shire Council
Inverell Shire Council has entered into a partnership program with Northern Inland Academy of Sport in an effort to attract sporting competitions to the town. Council has supported the not-for-profit, regional community organization on and off since its inception in...
March Against Violence to Go Ahead This Month
The Inverell Community Violence Prevention Team is inviting the community to join them for the Annual Street March Against Violence & 16 Days of Activism Activities later this month. Community members will gather in Victoria Park on Vivian St at 11:45am for a 12...









