Local News
10 Mar 10 | Cobar has never failed on delivering the goods for local charity and Friday night’s Singing Bee at the GW for local girl Renee Mackay was certainly no exception.
10 Mar 10 | The say a picture is worth a thousand words – and maybe a little more if you ask those at Lilliane Brady Village – who have been harnessing their creative sides thanks to local photographer Mark Ingram.
10 Mar 10 | Prime News reporter Catalina Florez headlined a 150-strong gathering of local women to mark International Women’s Day at the Cobar Memorial Services Club on Monday.
10 Mar 10 | One of Cobar’s last original blocks of land has been sold to Khans IGA supermarket with a price tag of $500,000.
The Catholic diocese confirmed this week the sale of the Prince Street block after more than 18 months of negotiations.
03 Mar 10 | The new Cobar Local Aboriginal Lands Council (LALC) board formally met last week to discuss planning for 2010.
03 Mar 10 | Country Energy crews will have greater flexibility to perform vital upgrades and maintenance to Cobar’s power network following the installation of a new switch onto the grid.
03 Mar 10 | Severe water restrictions could soon be a thing of the past following the announcement of a new 380 megalitre storage facility destined for Cobar later this year.
24 Feb 10 | Doubt hangs over the future of the long-awaited Marshall Street CBD upgrade following an admission Stage 2 of the project could be threatened by financial constraints in the next council budget.
24 Feb 10 | The State Government last week declared a natural disaster in the Central Darling and Cobar Shires following torrential rain.
24 Feb 10 | EALE-ATION: Wallaby legend John Eales was given a rock star reception from eager locals during his whirlwind tour of Cobar last Thursday.
17 Feb 10 | Last Saturday afternoon a man forced his way into the sacristy room from an outside door at the Cobar Catholic Church.
17 Feb 10 | A group of more than 20 enthusiastic locals from all parts of the community met on Saturday to discuss the future of tourism in the Cobar Shire with a wealth of ideas generated.
10 Feb 10 | Players in the Cobar Bowling and Golf Club’s poker games last week were once again excellent with two tournaments being contested.
10 Feb 10 | St John’s School students returned to school to find two new “Activ” Smartboards ready to begin the new year.
10 Feb 10 | Precious and base-metal explorer Cobar Consolidated Resources (ASX CCU) has upgraded its resource estimates for the company’s promising joint venture Wonawinta silver project.
10 Feb 10 | Cobar Public School Kindergarten teachers Mrs Cheryl Lee and Mrs Lane Poland have spent the first two days back at school last week conducting the Best Start Kindergarten Assessments.
10 Feb 10 | Pupils from all three Cobar schools received a drenching last Thursday when they returned to classes during a heavy downpour.
10 Feb 10 | Cobar received its best rainfall for more than two years last week when a large low pressure trough interacting with moisture from the remnants to ex-tropical cyclone Olga, formed across north-western NSW.
03 Feb 10 | Thirteen years of dedication and commitment has earned Cobar’s Colleen Boucher the Department of Defence Australia Day medallion which was presented by (AAC headquarters) Captain Jock Evans last week.
03 Feb 10 | Cobar Primary Health Care has attracted Dr Ruben Edyp to its busy centre bringing a second permanent GP to join Dr Trevor Smith, Dr Ram Sharma and Dr Deon Heyns.
Favourites
Del.icio.us
Facebook
Digg
StumbleUpon
MySpace
Reddit
Newsvine
LinkedIn
Kwoff
Twitter