Glen Innes Severn Council is proposing an expansion of its Access Bus service to address a gap in transport options for seniors living in the villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe and Red Range. The Access Bus is currently delivered through Council’s Life Choices...
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Appeal for Information Following Speeding, Crash in Armidale
Police are appealing for information following a traffic incident in the state’s Northern Tablelands region. Shortly before 1pm on Friday 13 June 2025, police were told an unknown driver of a silver Toyota Corolla, with Queensland number plates, was speeding on Rusden...
Council to Decide on SRV Proposal After Strong Community Response
Glen Innes Severn Council will next week discuss the outcomes of its recent extensive community engagement program – concerning a new Community Strategic Plan (CSP), Delivery Program (DP), Operational Plan and Budget (OP) and the Revised Long-Term Financial Plan...
Chopper Heads to Emmaville to Transport Patient
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called at lunchtime yesterday afternoon to Vegetable Creek Hospital at Emmaville to transport a man to Lismore Base hospital. A man in his 30s, suffering injuries from an earlier fall, was stabilised by hospital staff and the...
Glen Boys Claim Regional Touch Title
The Glen Innes Open Boys Touch Team have been crowned Regional Champions after defeating Farrer 9-8 in the regional final last week In trying conditions both teams put on an excellent display of attacking touch football with scores locked at 5-5 at halftime, before...
Woodbury Cricketing Star on the Rise
Inverell junior cricketer Hollie Woodbury has been selected into the Greater Hunter Coast Premier Cricket Club squad for the upcoming season. The right arm quick, who is also a Central North rep, wins the prize at every game she plays for the Crushers for having...
Local Women to Represent Australia
Two Inverell women will be making a trip to Switzerland later this month to represent Australia at the Masters Games. Kelli McCormack and Rachel Laughton will wear the green and gold in the Over 45’s Women’s basketball team with the ladies meeting up with their QLD...
Inverell Shire Alcohol Free Zones to be Considered
Inverell Shire Council is set to re-establish its Alcohol-Free Zones over the streets and laneways within the shire until June 2029 at this week’s monthly Council meeting. There are several alcohol-free zones in Inverell, Ashford and Tingha with Council to also...
Public Hearings Postponed
Public hearings into the splitting of the Hunter New England Health district set down for Narrabri and Tamworth this week have been postponed. Member for Barwon Roy Butler, who instigated the Bill to split the health district, posted on his social media page that the...