IN an emergency, particularly a shark attack, every second can mean the difference between life and death. For born and bred Bonny Hills local Danny Schouten, this truth hit home after a recent shark ...

Ben Coles landed an 86cm flathead. All fish were released. THIS year my wife and I are celebrating our 50th year in Port Stephens. Coming from a recreational fishing family in Tweed Heads you can ...

MNCLHD Parkinson’s Clinical Nurse Consultant Vince Carroll, Specialist Neurologist Dr Hugo Morales Briceno and Registered Nurse Jemma Werrell, at the Movement Disorders Neurology Service in Coffs ...

Poor rural maternity services are forcing women to travel hundreds of kilometres for care. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS. ONE rural birthing unit “teeters on the brink” and goes from “one disaster ...

ABORIGINAL Elders and youth converged on Brigadoon Caravan Park at North Haven for a cultural camp from 21-23 March. The camp’s purpose was to provide opportunities for Indigenous young people to ...

Talented Nelson Bay rugby fullback Brayden McMaster bursts through a gap with fly-half Will Clark and winger Ryan Marshall in support. NELSON Bay Rugby Club have unearthed a real find in dashing ...

BORDERED by some of the most spectacular sections of river on the Dorrigo Plateau, ‘Luccombe’ provides access to a landscape that has been continually evolving since the eruption of the Ebor Volcano ...

AN extraordinary meeting of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council has ended with the resignation of CEO Dr Clare Allen. Dr Allen, who has led the organisation for four and a half years, will vacate the ...

Dunghutti women Leetona Dungay, Joanne Smith, Cheryl Davis and Lynne Holten were among those protesting the appearance of Senator Nampijinpa Price. Photo: Douglas Connor. A “POLLIES in the Pub” event ...

Jane St Vincent Welch, David Mcrae and Meredith Stanton have been found guilty of traffic obstruction charges. THREE forest campaigners have been convicted of a traffic obstruction offence relating to ...

Coffs Coast Legacy Board of Directors members Trevor Williams, Deb Kuhn and Jeremy Nash at the site on Albany Street. COFFS Coast Legacy has secured $4,100,000 funding for its Veterans’ Acute Housing ...

Elizabeth, Evelyn, Jalen, Nate, Elijah and Austin. THE 32 excited Kindergarten students who joined the Kendall Public School (KPS) community last week represent the school’s largest cohort in several ...