Light rain overnight helps control Bundarra Fire
The Wearnes Road bushfire in the Bundarra area, 45k's South West of Inverell, is still burning but is well controlled with light rain overnight assisting the efforts of the NSW RFS.
The Wearnes Road bushfire in the Bundarra area, 45k's South West of Inverell, is still burning but is well controlled with light rain overnight assisting the efforts of the NSW RFS.
Tamworth's Jack Lyon and Kentucky's Katie Barnett have been appointed to represent the New England on the 2023 NSW Government Regional Youth Taskforce.
A bush fire is continuing to burn in the Bundarra area, west of Wearnes Road and north of Glenelg Road, 45 Kilometres south west of Inverell.
ZNET Uralla is holding a free 'Summer Surplus' preserving workshop coming up on Saturday 21 January at the Uralla Neighbourhood Centre.
The NSW Government has fast tracked funding to local councils affected by flooding and wet weather, putting the cash into bank accounts sooner so the repairs can be done as soon as possible.
The decision by Services Australia to withhold funding which threatened to close the Uralla Medical Centre has been overturned after the intervention of federal Health Minister Mark Butler.
Uralla Mayor Rob Bell and patients have added their voice to the call from local MPs Adam Marshall and Barnaby Joyce for the federal government to intervene and keep the Uralla Medical Centre open.
The small village of Uralla has been reeling from news that the town's only full time doctor is going to close its doors in a matter of days due to what has been described as 'bureaucracy gone mad'.
It has been revealed that the proposed Winterbourne Wind Farm near Walcha is prepared to pay $64m in "offsets" for the huge loss of native flora and fauna.
Adam Marshall and Barnaby Joyce have called for urgent intervention to save the popular Uralla Medical Centre from closing.