A 23-year-old worker has been injured during a violent armed robbery at Pottsville.
A man armed with a knife entered a take away store on Philip Street at nine last night and assaulted an employee.
Local environment groups have welcomed the investigation of Forests New South Wales for allegedly logging an endangered ecological community in Doubleduke State Forest.
If found guilty the department faces fines of up to $16-million.
Unseasonable rainfall on the northern rivers has destroyed the return cane crop for next year.
The industry had only just starting to recover from last year’s floods.
Tweed Mayor Barry Longland has used his casting vote to stop the controversial Byrrill Creek Dam proposal.
There are calls for the people to decide the dam’s fate.
And Owen Wright’s world title hopes have been affected after his round three elimination at the Rip Curl Pro in Portugal.
