31 May 02 | DISAPPOINTMENT turned into amazement at the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity yesterday when a horse fetched $81,000 at sale.
31 May 02 | MOONBI multi-award winning singer-songwriter Rex Dallas wasn't going back into the recording studio after making his last album, 40 Years Down The Track – no way.
31 May 02 | TAMWORTH City Council has introduced water restriction, which come into effective from Monday.
31 May 02 | EVERY day that goes by in the north without rain is costing farmers money – in terms of the potential yield and because of feed and water costs.
31 May 02 | ATM users in the region have been warned to beware of the latest scam crooks are using to steal money from bank accounts.
31 May 02 | LANDSCAPE painter Angus Nivison of Walcha yesterday won the $15,000 Wynne Prize for landscape painting for the first time, for a poignant work titled Remembering Rain.
31 May 02 | TAMWORTH must do everything it can to hold on to the equine industry and its events, Tamworth P and A Association president Greg Backhouse said yesterday.
30 May 02 | LIKE a scene out of a car insurance commercial, a faulty handbrake and a runaway ute caused a significant amount of damage and grief for a Gunnedah man this week.
30 May 02 | COMMERCIAL reality? Pure politics? Too high a risk?
Whatever the reason, the disappointment that the Federal Government will not commit $3.5 million towards the Tamworth Equine and Livestock centre project is tangible.
30 May 02 | "I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in anything."
30 May 02 | TAMWORTH city councillor Allan Joyce believes the consortium planning to build and operate an aquatic and leisure centre at Scully Park would now "probably walk away from it".
30 May 02 | NEW Zealand company, the McVicar Timber Group Ltd, will release information on the location of a $10 million sawlog processing plant at the end of next week.
30 May 02 | TAMWORTH'S push for a multi-million dollar equine centre at the Longyard hit its biggest hurdle yesterday.
28 May 02 | CAGED bird enthusiasts are expected to flock to the Police Citizens Youth Club on Sunday for the Tamworth Caged Bird Society's annual show.
28 May 02 | THE success of fully-equipped mobile operating theatres in the north-west will determine whether the surgeries travel to other country NSW areas.
28 May 02 | NSW Premier Bob Carr intends introducing the first of two stages of legislation in Parliament today designed to halt the spiralling public liability insurance costs
28 May 02 | A Tamworth pensioner awarded for his bravery during the World War II is the victim of what appears to be a heartless thief.
28 May 02 | ABOUT 4000 people are expected to be at Moree TAFE Agricultural Centre today for the first day of the world's largest cotton-specific equipment field days.
28 May 02 | BINGARA Medical Centre will reopen its doors today following confirmation that the Federal Government indemnity guarantee would cover a $100,000-plus claim against Dr Neil Wearne.
28 May 02 | PLANS for one of the biggest projects seen in this area - a $500 million plus piggery and export abattoir for Gunnedah, with the potential for more than 700 jobs - have been revealed.