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Wild weather in January lead to numerous trees coming down across Dubbo and the surrounding regions. Picture: BELINDA SOOLE Wild weather hit the state hard over summer and the Central West was not immune from the damage. → Read More
CRITICAL MINUTES: It's taking longer for ambulances to reach patients in life threatening emergencies. Photo: JUDE KEOGH Ambulance response times for the most critical medical emergencies in the central west are at their slowest in more than a decade, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) data. → Read More
Kimberly Morgans lives almost 2000 kilometres away in Bowen, QLD, and has never been to Orange. → Read More
IT'S OFF: Lime Cordiale have cancelled The Squeeze Festival in Orange. A second A Day on the Green concert to be held at Heifer Station Wines in April has been cancelled. → Read More
UNRECOGNISABLE: The burnt out wreckage of the ute. A victim of the recent spate of car thefts in the Central West has warned it's only a matter of time before someone is killed by a reckless driver. → Read More
Union calls for 1500 more paramedics to improve response times → Read More
A little over 18 months since after Charles Sturt University embarked on a cost-cutting program to reduce a huge budget deficit, staff are being handed a $1000 Christmas bonus. → Read More
STILL A THREAT: CSIRO mouse expert Steve Henry says there's a real possibility mouse numbers could escalate quickly as the weather warms up. The Central West's mouse problem has eased over winter, but an expert has warned there's a very real possibility of numbers escalating to plague proportions again as the weather warms up. → Read More
REGIONAL ISSUE: Orange MP Phil Donato and Dubbo MP Dugald Saunders (inset) say daylight savings drags on too long. Main photo: SUPPLIED Two Central West MPs have renewed the call to cut the length of daylight savings, saying it leaves school children in regional areas tired, loses farmers money, causes road accidents, and contributes to mental health issues. → Read More
Property prices in the Central West have continued to soar in 2021, with Orange, Bathurst and Dubbo experiencing their highest median house price growth in 16 years. → Read More