Ballina’s business community put on its best for the annual Business Excellence Awards — a night that recognises the passion, resilience and ingenuity of local enterprises across the shire. Held at Ballina RSL, the gala event showcased everything from small...
Ballina is the baseline of the most significant flood prevention initiative in Australian history — and now locals are being urged to step up to make sure it’s delivered. The CSIRO has unveiled a shortlist of 15 major flood mitigation projects across the Richmond...
Alstonville Fire Station — the second busiest in the Northern Rivers — has unveiled its long-awaited $2 million upgrade, with the freshly rebuilt facility now serving as a blueprint for future fire station upgrades across NSW. Responding to an average of 700...
Pressure is mounting on NSW Police and the State Government to ensure a fully independent investigation into the police response to the death of Ballina woman Lindy Lucena. NSW Greens Justice spokesperson Sue Higginson saying police resourcing issues cannot be used...
Work is officially under way on Ballina’s long-anticipated new State Emergency Service (SES) headquarters, with a ceremonial sod-turning marking the start of construction.. The event was attended by NSW Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib, local MP Tamara...
Fed up with a string of alleged criminal and anti-social incidents, Ballina’s largest shopping centre has taken the extraordinary step of publicly posting security camera footage of people it says are wanted by police. Ballina Fair Centre Manager Shaun Haysom said...
St Vincent’s Private Hospital has formally confirmed it will not be selling, moving or relocating -in favour of a major investment and renewal at the existing historic site. CEO, Alan Cooper says the regional private health care facility is well advanced with a...
A notorious blackspot on the Bruxner Highway between Lismore and Ballina will finally be fixed, with the NSW Government committing $3.9 million in the State Budget to install traffic lights at the dangerous Cowlong–Alphadale Roads intersection. The new allocation...
Byron Studios has unveiled a new name and an expanded vision as competition intensifies for a slice of the NSW Government’s new $380 million screen and stage funding package. Now operating as Foundation Studios, the team behind the proposal to transform...
More than 70 concerned locals gathered at Ballina’s Cawarra Park on Sunday to protest council plans that could see part of the popular public reserve developed into a croquet complex. The protest follows Ballina Shire Council’s decision at its May meeting to...
Kyogle showground turned into a sea of purple last weekend when the Guinness World Record for the World's Biggest Happy Dance was formally set, trouncing the previous record based in Singapore. We confirm the important numbers that made the day a...
