The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to transfer a man in his 20’s after an accident near Glen Innes on Saturday. The man is believed to have sustained lower leg injuries in an earlier motorcycle accident. He was stabilised by hospital staff and the helicopter’s...
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BEST Community Shed Dishes Out Cash
BEST Community Shed handed over two generous cheques recently to the Inverell Rescue Squad and Gilgai Public school. A cheque for $30,000 was handed over to the Inverell Rescue Squad which has kickstarted their fundraising efforts for an Infrastructure Upgrade with...
Link Airways Commences a Fourth Service to Brisbane
Link Airways will begin their new weekly flight schedule to Brisbane this morning following the suspension of their Inverell to Sydney flights which commenced on Saturday. From today, Link Air Brisbane schedule will have an additional flight, flying Mondays,...
New Dam Levy is Simply Cost Shifting by the NSW Government: Dight
Inverell Shire Mayor Kate Dight says Council will need to be prudent with its finances after the Independent Pricing & Regulatory Tribunal moved to recommend that the NSW Government implement a levy on declared dam owners starting the 2025/26 financial year....
Listening Festival Kicks off in Inverell
A unique offering that connects people through the simple practices of listening and sharing stories kicked off in Inverell yesterday. The Inverell Listening Festival had two sessions at the Inverell Markets with the festival concluding with the final event at the...
Sandral Back in the Ring
Tingha’s boxing sensation Ricky Sandral got back into the ring for the first time this year on Saturday night taking out a split decision win over Yagoona champion Adam King in Sydney. Fighting in an elimination final to represent NSW, Sandral dominated most of the...
STA FM Rural News | 01-03-25
Inverell Cattle Sale – Tuesday 25th February. Numbers were well up this week for a yarding of 1980 head. Included in the yarding was a larger offering of cows, while feeder and background cattle were also well...
Show Circuit Rolls into Inverell
The Inverell Show kicks off today with organisers anticipating bumper crowds and blue skies over the next two days. Show Society president Jodie Burtenshaw says the programme includes a variety of ring events, tonight’s Rodeo and the official opening ceremony with...
April 12 Election???? Joyce Speculates
New England MP Barnaby Joyce expects Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to announce this Sunday that Australians will go to the polls for the federal election on April 12th. Speaking on STA FM yesterday, Mr Joyce says only the Prime Minister knows when the election will...

