Local land care groups say our native forest are staring down an imminent death if logging laws are relaxed. It comes as dozens of people met in Lismore last night, amping up their calls for ...
Read More

A Lismore man who fled the state nearly a year ago, after allegedly crashing his car, then leaving his injured passengers behind, has been arrested. The fugitive was found hiding out in Far North Queensland ...
Read More

A 34-year-old man has been extradited from Cairns, over a car crash that seriously injured three passengers on the Far North Coast last year. On July 8, 2017, the driver of a Ford Falcon with ...
Read More

When he isn't hosting dignitaries from around the world, New South Wales Governor David Hurley enjoys a surprising hobby. The former Defence Force Chief now marshalls troops of another kind, using an innovative Byron Bay ...
Read More

As HSC students step up their studies, one gifted young science whiz from Byron Bay is making waves. Beau Chaseling will be the youngest person in the state to sit two of the science tests ...
Read More

Byron Bay's usually buzzing CBD came to a complete standstill early this morning - protestors fighting the proposed West Byron development. The opponents say, if approved, the project would threaten the coastal town's character ...
Read More

Saturday is game day, where teams across the region take to the field competiting for bragging rights. But it's something we can for granted, after a trip to overseas, a local woman has made it ...
Read More

Tintenbar and Teven residents are amping up their calls to halt a proposed asphalt plant in their town. It comes after the multi-national company Fulton Hogan sent a letter to several residents outlining their plans ...
Read More

It was only last year that the sale of hemp seeds became illegal but today the seed is branded as a 'superfood'. Hemp Foods Australia has teamed up with charities in the Byron Shire to ...
Read More

Whether your representing green and gold or a junior starting on the pitch - no one is immune to mental ill health. Today a former Australian cricketing great was on the Far North Coast to ...
Read More

It's a particle so small you can't see it - but one that's potentially deadly. It comes after a recent spike in the illegal dumping of asbestos in Lismore. Now council's on the hunt for ...
Read More

The search for a 72-year-old man missing at Sandon near Yamba has resumed, after he was reported missing earlier in the week. Kenneth Parker was last seen at around lunchtime on Wednesday, when he told ...
Read More

Police are seeking public assistance, after a 9-year-old girl was grabbed around the waist on the New South Wales Far North Coast. The girl was walking along Heffron Street at Tweed Heads on Thursday morning, ...
Read More

The body of a 45-year-old man reported missing in the Richmond River, south of Ballina, has been found this morning. A large-scale search has been underway since Tuesday night, with emergency services responding to reports ...
Read More

Efforts to locate a man presumed drowned in the Richmond River at Woodburn, have so far proven futile. Police say the missing 45-year-old may have been drunk, and was allegedly assaulted, before ending up in ...
Read More

The saga surrounding convicted fraudster Melissa Quinn continued today after the mother of four was sentenced to two years jail at a Casino court. But in an astounding turn of events, she was later released ...
Read More

She may be nearing 99-years old, but volunteer Lorna Allen says she has no intention of stopping anytime soon. The baker and seamstress...who began helping the Red Cross during the second world war - currently ...
Read More

The federal opposition has thrown its support behind an innovative solar garden scheme, which a Byron-based company is developing. The concept would see investors, who are unable to generate energy themselves...purchase panels to mount on ...
Read More

Lismore Council will tonight consider changes to how it recovers unpaid rates from pensioners. Currently, those who fall behind on payments are let off scot free...with lost fees reaching the million dollar mark in the ...
Read More

An 18-year-old learner driver has appeared in court, charged over an alleged pursuit in which a police vehicle was rammed in Lismore. It's alleged police spotted a stolen car on Uralba Street, around 1 o'clock ...
Read More

One way, or two way... Ballina Shire Council wants to know which direction traffic should be headed along Lennox Head's main street. It's running a survey to see the multi-million dollar budget for the town's ...
Read More

It's the quintessential Aussie holiday - families piling into the humble caravan and hitting the road. But paying the registration has long been a major investment - until now - with the state government driving ...
Read More

A female cyclist has been airlifted to hospital after she collided with another cyclist near Lennox Head on the New South Wales North Coast. Emergency services were called to the scene on the Pacific Motorway ...
Read More

Norco is the largest dairy co-operative in Australia, with its Northern Rivers origins clear even in its name. Today the co-op celebrated it's 123rd birthday, an amazing feat for an industry that's increasingly heading offshore ...
Read More

The bomb squad were called in to assist police after explosives were uncovered at a property near Kyogle. The property's owner alerted police after making the find on an old bus on Wednesday night. 90 ...
Read More

The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries says baits to be distributed through Lismore's CBD to control the infestation of yellow crazy ants pose no threat to human health. Weather permitting, the insecticide fipronil ...
Read More

Two people have been arrested, after police allegedly seized cannabis and a rifle during a search in the New South Wales Northern Rivers. Officers searched a property at Lindendale, near Lismore, at around lunchtime yesterday, ...
Read More

Police are seeking public assistance, to help find a woman missing from the New South Wales North Coast. 20-year-old Jacqueline Kupke was last seen at a school on Carlyle Street at Byron Bay, on June ...
Read More

The shoplifting case against the wife of champion swimmer Geoff Huegill has taken a turn, with lawyers requesting a change to proceedings. Reporter Kathryn Foran was at Byron Bay Court ...
Read More

The home-sharing industry is a multi-billion dollar one, operating almost unregulated for years. But this week, that state government tightened its grip, introducing a mandatory code of conduct, leaving one local council disappointed ...
Read More