A crowd of around 500 consisting of locals and visitors attended to pay their respects and observe the day at Sunday’s Myall Creek Massacre Memorial. Attendees gathered to commemorate what occurred, on the afternoon of 10 June 1838, with descendants of both the...
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Telstra Communications Go Down …. Again
Residents in Warialda, Coolatai and surrounds have had no communications after their Telstra mobile coverage went down yesterday. Gwydir Shire Council advise Telstra has confirmed that there was an unplanned outage in these areas and Pallamallawa adding it was unclear...
CCTV Image Released as Investigation Continues Over Public Place Shooting in Armidale
Detectives have released a CCTV image as investigations continue into a public place shooting last week. About 3.20am on Saturday 31 May 2025, emergency services were called to Niagara Street, Armidale, following reports of shots fired. Officers attached to New...
25th Anniversary of Myall Creek Massacre Memorial
Hundreds of people will head to Myall Creek this weekend to commemorate the 187th anniversary of one of Australia’s darkest events, the Myall Creek massacre. Sunday’s gathering commemorates the unprovoked massacre of at least 28 indigenous women, children and old men...
Inverell F.C Meet Macleay Rangers Valley in Regional Super League
Inverell F.C will travel to Kempsey for their second-round encounter against the Macleay Valley Rangers tomorrow in the Regional Super League competition. Coming off their 1st round 2-1 victory over Woologoolga United last month, Inverell F.C will be at full strength...
Vickery Calls for Better Refereeing in Group 19
Tingha Tigers 1st grade Captain Brayden Vickery has called on Group 19 match officials to improve their adjudication of matches following last weekend’s game against the Glen Innes Magpies. Vickery says players from both team were left frustrated by the refereeing...
Police Blitz Commences for Long Weekend
The Kings Birthday statewide traffic operation has commenced and will conclude at midnight Monday morning with double demerits in place for all speeding, seatbelt and mobile phone offences. Police will be targeting these offences as well as drivers using alcohol and...
Glen Innes Severn Mayor Pens Open Letter to the Prime Minister
An Open Letter to Canberra – When the Bush Pays for the City's SilenceMayor Margot Davis has sent a letter to the Prime Minister, with copies also sent to NSW Senators, the Member for Northern Tablelands, and the Member for New England, calling for action to support...
Farmer confidence hit by climate extremes
New research shows just two per cent of farmers expect conditions to improve for their business over the next twelve months as floods and drought continue to impact NSW. The biannual NSW Farmers Business Sentiment Survey revealed 56 per cent of farmers are...