Macksville Public School’s Year 6 Debating Team in action. Photo: supplied. The Year 6 Debating Team are the 2025 Premier’s NSW State Champions. Photo: supplied. MACKSVILLE Public School’s Year 6 Debating Team has been named the Premier’s NSW State Champions for 2025, the highest honour in primary school debating in New South Wales. The statewide […]

AFTER 30 years of community discussion and fundraising by the Scotts Head community, a skate and recreation park will be delivered on the Village Green, thanks to a $255,578 grant from the NSW Government. Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee welcomed the grant funding for this community-driven project. “The skate park has been on the drawing […]

COUNCILLOR Susan Jenvey was elected Deputy Mayor for a one year term at Nambucca Valley Council’s 26 November Ordinary Meeting. Next year, she will have served 10 years as a Nambucca Valley Councillor, first elected on 10 September 2016. “I am looking forward to being an asset for this Council and our community,” she said. […]

KOALA Azaliah and her joey Zali were hit by a car not long after 40 eucalyptus trees in their home were destroyed. Mother and baby recovered after intensive care at Northern Rivers Koala Hospital in Lismore, NSW, and were released back into the wild in October. But another joey, Guinevere, was not so fortunate, dying […]

The winning entry, Bowraville Rainbow, by Rhys Grainger. Bowraville photographer Rhys Grainger collected his prize money from photo competition organiser Ned Cowie. LOCAL photographer Rhys Grainger has taken out first prize in the Bowraville Tech Centre’s (BTC) “To Bowra With Love” photography competition judged during this month’s Back to Bowra festival. The prize money of […]

THE state government launched the $20 million Aquaculture Industry Development Program on Monday, aiming to strengthen and expand the seafood industry’s economic contribution to NSW. The program is designed to boost productivity and increase sustainability across farming operations for oysters, mussels, kelp, and algae, plus freshwater and marine fish hatcheries and bioproducts. “By investing in […]

A LONG time advocate for social equity, in particular housing security, singer-songwriter Liz Stringer’s Bowraville show on Saturday will serve as a fundraiser for the Nambucca Youthie. Officially the Nambucca Valley Youth Services Centre, the Youthie has been a vital community hub in Nambucca Heads for more than 20 years. The Youthie is a grassroots […]

AN Oz Group blueberry grower and an earth moving company owner faced court in Macksville last week, each pleading guilty to two charges relating to dam construction on a Eungai Creek property. Pawandeep Dhillon and Jack Reibel faced charges of extending a dam without permission and carrying out a controlled activity on waterfront land without […]

THE community is invited to participate in a walk against gender-based violence in Nambucca Heads on Wednesday, 10 December. Commencing at 10am, the walk begins at the Nambucca Heads Information Centre and concludes at the V-Wall, aimed at taking social and visible action against gender-based violence. The walk falls on the final day of the […]

Supermoons are the closest to earth. Photo Greg Higgins. The moon was 30 percent brighter than normal. Photo: Sis Higgins. SKYWATCHERS across the region looked to the heavens last Tuesday night as the biggest and brightest moon of 2025 rose over the horizon. Amateur Mid North Coast astronomer Dennis Hughes explained to News Of The […]