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Ability Network funding denied by Council

Council has voted down a $10,000 grant application by Ability Network, as the final touches are made on their new Community Hub. The Community Hub, which launched on March 12, will host space for day activities for the more than 200 clients and...

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13 Apr 2025

News

Kirsty Evans named NSW Regional Woman of the Year

Kirsty Evans has been recognised as NSW Regional Woman of the Year for 2025. Having led efforts to provide pro bono legal advice to the community of Molong after it was affected by severe flooding in 2022, Kirsty has dedicated over 250 hours helping...

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13 Apr 2025

Emergency Services

Tractor rollover into Lachlan river

A man in his 80’s has been transported to Orange Hospital after his tractor rolled into the riverAt 3pm on Wednesday 5th March, emergency services were called to a property on Vernon Drive, near Savages Lane, to find the tractor had rolled down an...

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13 Apr 2025

Community

Mullets for Mental Health registration opens

Registrations are now open for Black Dog Institute’s Mullets for Mental Health, raising funds for crucial mental health research. The Black Dog Institute is calling on Aussies everywhere to show they’re all ears by growing a mullet to support the...

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13 Apr 2025

Emergency Services

Battery fires spark wakeup call

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has urged the public to wake up to the risks of lithium-ion battery products amid a spate of dangerous fires. FRNSW crews have responded to multiple across NS, including four incidents in a 12 hour period. So far in 2025...

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13 Apr 2025

Arts and Entertainment

What’s On in Cowra and Surrounds

CUC COWRA REGION STUDENT ENGAGEMENT NIGHT Thursday 13 March at 6pmSemester 1, 2025 registered students are invited to join us for FREE pizza and drinks at the Cowra Bowling Club. Did you know...? 55% of CUC Cowra Region students are the first in...

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13 Apr 2025

Rural

Cowra saleyards report, March 5

By Rob Pearce, market reporter at Meat and Livestock AustraliaNumbers reduced slightly and quality slipped a little throughout while the supplementary fed lambs were well presented. There were mainly heavy lambs penned along with trade weights and...

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13 Apr 2025

Council

Council expects $4.8m surplus: report shows

Cowra council has started the year in the black, headed towards a surplus of nearly five million dollars for the end of the financial year. The Quarterly Budget Review Statement, presented at an information session held on Monday 17 February 2025...

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13 Apr 2025

Health

Obesity overtakes tobacco as risk factor

Living with overweight or obesity has overtaken tobacco smoking as the leading risk factor contributing to disease burden in 2024. The Australian Burden of Disease Study 2024, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)...

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13 Apr 2025

Health

Men the ‘missing link’ in new STI

A landmark study reveals that bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition affecting nearly a third of women worldwide and causing infertility, premature births and newborn deaths, is in fact a sexually transmitted infection (STI), paving the way for...

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13 Apr 2025