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UPC Renewables' solar development head Killian Wentrup and landowner Richard Munsie. Photo: Nicholas Fuller

Solar farm proposals cause concern

Vanessa Arundale and Madeline Link

Walcha Council general manager Jack O'Hara, AJ Cross, mayor Eric Noakes and MP Kevin Anderson at Walcha Oval

Amenity upgrades

Vanessa Arundale

Emma Hall says: "Everyone has the right to access equal health care, regardless of their location." Photo: Gareth Gardner

Emma Hall: I believe we can do better by the animals, environment and people

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Robin Gunning says the issue of climate change is the most pressing issue in the Tamworth electorate.

Robin Gunning: I am here to deal with the big issues

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Junior beef cattle judging will take place on Friday

This Friday is now free too

Vanessa Arundale

Six candidates are in the running for the seat of Tamworth.

State election profiles: Where the candidates stand on the big issues

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Back left: A.New, H. Richardson, V. Partridge, I. Stier, P. Roper, A. Green and C.Tisdell. Seated, F. Roper, L.P. Cross, E. Cooper, N. Makeham, J. O'Brien and M. Hamel.

The rub of the green: Lawn bowls gets underway in Walcha

Bob Walsh

UPC Renewables' solar development head Killian Wentrup and landowner Richard Munsie. Photo: Nicholas Fuller

Solar farm proposals cause concern

Vanessa Arundale and Madeline Link

Walcha Council general manager Jack O'Hara, AJ Cross, mayor Eric Noakes and MP Kevin Anderson at Walcha Oval

Amenity upgrades

Vanessa Arundale

Photo: WSL/Matt Dunbar

The master, Kelly Slater, surfs on

Strange greetings and damp tricks from Walcha

Coogee Cross

Walcha Council general manager Jack O'Hara, AJ Cross, mayor Eric Noakes and MP Kevin Anderson at Walcha Oval

Amenity upgrades

Vanessa Arundale

Dynamic duo: NSW golf champions Wayne Brennan and Peter Norbury.

Two tee off to win NSW sandgreen championships

A.J. Cross

Strange greetings and damp tricks from Walcha

Bee sting a bit too close to the family jewels

Coogee Cross

Golf champions: Simeon Cross, Brian Lynch, Andrew Bowden and Jamie Bowden.

Late collapse sees Uralla claim Cup in cricket cliffhanger

AJ Cross

2019 Walcha Show free for all

Vanessa Arundale

Herbs and more are on offer at the local markets

Markets rock on weekend

Vanessa Arundale

Long lunch to raise playground funds

Vanessa Arundale

2019 Walcha Show free for all

The BJF crew: Adam Iuston, Hugh and Stef Cook, Kit Dawson and Michael Luchich. Absent: Alice Gibson, Lisa Kirton, Oscar Waugh, Adrian and Katy Walsh.

Family-friendly music festival committee gets funding for 2019 event

Vanessa Arundale

Walcha Farmers’ Market – stalls, live music, and more!

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AID: Move Better For Life provides a range of wellness classes designed to help people recover from injury or simply to improve strength and balance.

Healthy ageing is clinic's focus

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Tamworth Country Music Festival

From the desk of Mrs Claus: Mrs Claus opens her heart to tell the children of the world how she feels about them this Christmas.

A note from Mrs Claus to share the joy

Mrs Claus

Thoughtful, spacious design

House of the week

Homes sold recently in regional NSW centres.

Regional NSW property hotspots – and what to expect in 2019

Rural peace can be found on city’s edge

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

Vanessa Arundale

Slice of history: The panel added to the monument in the Walcha War Memorial Park after the end of World War II.

Call for more to war

Bob Walsh

The fatal flight: Lost lives of the Lutana

Simon Bourke

The 2018 Book Week Parade at Walcha Central is a colourful fancy-dress feast: mega gallery

CHAMPION: Olympian Cecil Healy died in battle. Picture: AWM P04366.007

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

GRAND DESIGNS: Australian engineers rebuild a crossing over the Somme swamps near Cléry on September 2, 1918, to keep communications open and transport moving after the capture of Péronne. Picture: AWM E03143

Road to Remembrance

Michael Grealy

Photo: WSL/Matt Dunbar

The master, Kelly Slater, surfs on

Top of the morning to you!

LLS District Veterinarian, Amanda Walker

New recruit brings expertise to the region: video

NOT SO FAST: Shoalhaven dairy farmer Robert Miller stands between the PM's convoy and the way out of Nowra on a one-way street at Jellybean Park on Friday. Picture: Rebecca Fist

Farmer blocks PM’s convoy: ‘Cheaper to wash car with milk’

Jailed: Lennard Downes leaves Wollongong courthouse during a previous court appearance. On Thursday, he left the building in the back of a Corrective Services van, bound for SIlverwater jail.

Listen to the secret recordings that helped jail abusive child care worker

Shannon Tonkin

Girl power: Brie Larson is a force to be reckoned with in Marvel Studios' latest offering, the brilliantly-soundtracked Captain Marvel, rated M, in cinemas now.

Captain Marvel review: New hero for girls all over

Jess Layt

A mate’s tragic accident is motivating Hugh Maxey as he embarks on his university studies.

Paraplegic mate the motivation behind micro-sleep detector

Walcha Central School disco breaks fashionable boundaries: photos

Vanessa Arundale

EYE TOONS: Guy Hansen, curator of the Inked: Australian Cartoons exhibition at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, with the exhibition's highly decorated kangaroo mascot by cartoonist David Pope. Photo: Karleen Minney

Inked into history: cartoons tell story of us

GUY HANSEN

Regional education: We must make sure every Australian gets a fair go

Dan Tehan

POWERFUL: This is the image of Carlton's Tayla Harris in AFLW action that has people talking. Picture: Michael Willson, AFL Media

Tayla Harris photo response sparks vital dialogue at grassroots

Melanie Whelan

End-of-life doula Helen Callanan

Doulas provide support for the dying

Eileen Wood

ON REFLECTION: Simon Cullen with the Lookinglass artifical intelligence mirror.

AI mirror monitors Parkinson’s signs

BE SAFE: If you find it is too tricky or unsafe to fit a smoke alarm yourself, contact your nearest Fire and Rescue NSW station for advice.

Be alarmed about fire risk

Scott Morrison says he's deeply offended by the Turkish president's remarks on Gallipoli.

PM seeks answer on Turkey Anzac outburst

Susan Neill-Fraser is serving 23 years in jail for the murder of her partner Bob Chappell

Judgment date in Neill-Fraser freedom bid

Graeme Bryan Curran has pleaded not guilty to indecently assaulting a boy nine times.

Magistrate testifies at child abuse trial

Gladys Berejiklian has a narrow lead over Michael Daley for preferred premier with 38-36 per cent.

Premier on the attack as Daley apologises

Inaction could lead to koalas becoming extinct in NSW because population numbers are falling.

Nationals koala numbers laid bare

There's no evidence to back Labor's claim NSW power prices are the highest in the developed world.

Labor's NSW power price claim is false

Barry Ehrke was commissioned to prepare a report into the sinking of the prawn trawler FV Cassandra.

Ropes stop sunken Qld trawler's lifeboats

Aaron Bunch

Australia will wait for an international consensus on taxing the online economy.

Australia won't go it alone on digital tax

Marnie Banger

Maintaining the upkeep and cleanliness of farm silos is advised at anytime, but with the pressure of drought it might be one of those jobs which gets put aside. Photo: GRDC

Monitor farm grain storage

Stephen Burns

Flood damage on Ross Sherlock's farm outside Cooma after a rain supercell hit last week.

'Heaviest rain in 50 years' on parts of Monaro

John Ellicott

Port of Bourke Hotel

Bourke cues up record

Samantha Townsend

Business as usual: Peppers Blue on Blue.

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

Qualia: Exclusive packages for Hamilton Island Race Week.

Do you need some travel inspiration?

John Rozentals

Take a taste stop at Haigh’s Chocolates on Beehive Corner, Rundle Mall.

Take the time to soak up a little bit of Adelaide

Bronwyn Ridgway

Samara Johnston's life jigsaw. Photos: supplied

One woman's search for answers: from Port Macquarie to Sri Lanka

Carla Mascarenhas

SAFE AND SECURE: One benefit of telehealth consultations for rural and remote patients is the feeling of confidentiality it provides.

Using video chat to access mental health treatment

HealthShare

Cuddles: Shorewell wildlife carer, Lynne Jordan, with Sherman the orphaned wombat. Picture: Brodie Weeding.

Orphaned wildlife given a second chance

Libby Bingham