Local News
06 Nov 09 | SPECIALIST police divers yesterday combed through damns on properties on Gowrie Rd in an attempt to find clues into Duri grazier Jeffrey Ryan’s murder.
06 Nov 09 | A WEE Waa cotton picker was yesterday sentenced to more than six years in prison for the manslaughter of Bradley Hoye in Narrabri last year.
06 Nov 09 | SUE Hoye’s world fell apart when she received the news her son had been killed.
06 Nov 09 | THE Pat Dixon Medical Service’s acting chief executive officer Elva Taylor said Armidale’s first fully bulk-billing medical practice would resume medical services from Monday.
06 Nov 09 | TAMWORTH people will have the chance to support a worthy cause today, when Colin and Helen Pearce hold a garden wander.
06 Nov 09 | QUILTS, colour and collectables will come together this weekend in support of local cancer patients and their families.
06 Nov 09 | CONTINUED efforts by the Murrurundi Chamber of Commerce and Upper Hunter Shire Council are being made to attract a general practitioner to Murrurundi to replace Dr William Redmayne, who has served the local community for more than 20 years.
06 Nov 09 | GARDENERS and landholders around Tamworth and Glen Innes were celebrating heavy falls of rain that dropped between 30mm and 43mm yesterday.
06 Nov 09 | NAMOI Water, the peak body representing irrigators on the Peel and the Namoi Rivers, can – and should – meet the November 16 deadline set by the State Government for submissions on the draft Peel Valley Water Sharing Plan.
05 Nov 09 | WORK is well under way at the new Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service base.
05 Nov 09 | AFTER three months and a $1.1 million maintenance and ambulance modification program, the Tamworth-based Westpac rescue helicopter returned to service last week.
05 Nov 09 | IRRIGATOR associations in the Peel Valley feel confident they are well prepared to make submissions on the draft Peel Valley Water Sharing Plan by the November 16 deadline.
05 Nov 09 | IT’S the iconic heritage building that bears the name of our town, a popular place for a chat over a drink and tasty meal from the bistro, and today The Tamworth Hotel celebrates 20 years of ownership by the Rumble family.
05 Nov 09 | TAMWORTH may lose its last chance to have Chaffey Dam upgraded from 62 gigalitres to 100 gigalitres if a controversial water sharing plan is delayed.
05 Nov 09 | RONALD McDonald House Tamworth has helped
well over 200 families since opening its doors in September last year.
05 Nov 09 | TAMWORTH TAFE teachers may consider further strike action next week to oppose a decision that could see teacher workloads increase by 20 per cent.
05 Nov 09 | TAMWORTH MP Peter Draper does not believe having a water sharing plan for the Peel in place by the end of December will guarantee federal funding for a Chaffey augmentation upgrade.
04 Nov 09 | IT WAS an exciting day in Tamworth South Public School’s history yesterday as it launched a whole-school approach to teaching students positive values.
04 Nov 09 | NEW England schools are among the safest in the state, according to the total number of serious incidents reported to the School Safety and Response Unit during the first half of 2009.
04 Nov 09 | NOMINATIONS for the Gwydir Shire Council by-election, to be held next month, closed yesterday.