August 11, 2026
Valla visit scheduled for gravel-road grading crew NVC’s grading fleet and team members (background), preparing for the day before leaving Macksville Works Depot. Photo: Supplied by NVC.
Community, Local News, Regional

Valla visit scheduled for gravel-road grading crew

THREE gravel roads in Valla are in the sights of a grading team, with work on the roads scheduled for completion between mid-August and September. Residents and travellers near Boggy Creek, Valla and Mitchells roads can expect some minor delays during the next fortnight as work is completed. The five-person crew tasked with maintenance of […]

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Private psychiatry treatment hard to find on Mid North Coast Receptionist Deanna Blackburn with Dr Andrea Rose, Coffs Harbour. Photo: Sharon Jane.
Community, Health, Regional

Private psychiatry treatment hard to find on Mid North Coast

DOCTOR Andrea Rose in Coffs Harbour believes she may be the last remaining private psychiatrist on the Mid North Coast willing to accept new patients. Dr Rose’s receptionist, Deanna Blackburn, told News Of The Area the practice received more than 10 referrals a week and had up to a 12-month wait for an initial consultation, […]

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Signs of the times set for makeover Facebook ads can be the first step to exploitation. Photo: Facebook.
Community, Local News, Regional

Signs of the times set for makeover

  Facebook ads can be the first step to exploitation. Photo: Facebook.   Catching up to discuss delivery of council’s Signage and Wayfinding Strategy are Anna Fisher, of Fisher Design & Architecture, and NVC’s Jan Rooney. Supplied by NVC. Photo: Supplied by NVC.   A DRIVE around the Nambucca Valley can feel like a trip […]

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From emergency blaze response to hazard reduction: crews fight fire and prepare for bushfire season The fire behind the Nambucca Heads Surf Club Photo: Madeline Pearce.
Community, Local News, Regional

From emergency blaze response to hazard reduction: crews fight fire and prepare for bushfire season

FIREFIGHTERS extinguished a bushfire near the Lions Lookout in Nambucca Heads after multiple triple-zero calls from the community on Monday evening. Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) were called to the blaze at about 7:40pm. Two fire trucks and up to 12 firefighters from the Nambucca Heads Fire Station […]

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Seven bird flu cases in native species Seven confirmed cases of bird flu have been detected in greater crested terns, a common coastal species in Australia. Photo: AAP Image/Andrew Stafford.
Business, Community, Health, Local News, National, Regional

Seven bird flu cases in native species

THE poultry industry is on alert after seven cases of bird flu found in native species, marking a new phase for the outbreak. Five were collected from Southend in what is the outbreak’s first known cluster of cases in Australia. “This is the announcement conservationists have been dreading,” the Invasive Species Council said. Australia has […]

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New editor for News Of The Area newspaper group Eve with a few of her favourite things - eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham.
Business, Regional

New editor for News Of The Area newspaper group

Eve with a few of her favourite things – eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham. Freckles, the sick little bird who grew up and identified as a homing pigeon, with his rescuer. Photo: Angus Cheetham. News Of The Area media group owner Michael Wright. EVE Nesmith has been named Editor […]

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Future of bees in question Judith Webster from Coffs Beekeeping Supplies. Photo: Lyss Photography.
Business, Regional

Future of bees in question

Judith Webster from Coffs Beekeeping Supplies. Photo: Lyss Photography. European Honey Bee. Photo: Judith Webster. European Honey Bee. Photo: Rich Morris. European Honey Bee. Photo: Judith Webster. THE free pollination Australian growers have relied on for generations is disappearing, and horticulture bodies are urging farmers to plan for a future where managed bee pollination is […]

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