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Police probe driver's crash into tree
Tamworth police are investigating the cause of a head-on collision that left a 60-year-old man with serious injuries on Werris Creek Road this morning.[MORE]
Council to hear dam options
Consultants working on designs to upgrade Quipolly Dam are expected to present preliminary options to Liverpool Plains Shire Council at its February meeting.[MORE]
Shenhua withdraws from waste storage talks
Chinese mining company Shenhua has withdrawn from talks to store waste from its drilling operations in Quirindi.[MORE]
Miner fined over contaminated water spill
The Land and Environment Court has fined a local mining company $49,000, plus costs, after it allowed eight megalitres of contaminated water to breach a dam wall and spill onto neighbouring farmland.[MORE]
Swan OKs Shenhua land purchases
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has approved the purchase of six rural properties in north-west New South Wales by Chinese-owned coal miner Shenhua Watermark.[MORE]
Farmers take on mining giants
The blacksoil Liverpool Plains are turning into a battlefield in a stoush between farmers and mining giants.[MORE]
North-west NSW features in $3b rail corridor plan
New England's north-west features strongly in the preferred route for Australia's inland rail corridor between Melbourne and Brisbane.[MORE]
St Joseph's school closure brought forward
St Joseph's school in Werris Creek will close on April 9 because of falling enrolments.[MORE]
St Joseph's Werris Creek school to close
The Catholic Church is to close its primary school at Werris Creek at the end of the year.[MORE]
Locomotive blaze may delay CountryLink service
CountryLink says its Moree to Werris Creek service could arrive a little later today because of a fire on the line near Boggabri this morning.[MORE]
Study to consider gas pipeline expansion
The New South Wales Government is to fund a study to test the feasibility of extending the Central Ranges' natural gas pipeline to include several smaller communities in the region.[MORE]
New push for Werris Creek health centre
A new attempt will be launched tonight to build a multi-purpose health centre at Werris Creek.[MORE]
Werris Creek museum bids to become national rail repository
The nationally acclaimed Rail Journeys Museum at Werris Creek is making a bid to become the national repository of Australian railway history and folklore.[MORE]
GrainCorp to review silo fire damage
GrainCorp will today assess the internal damage to its grain handling elevator after a fire in its Werris Creek silo in north-west New South Wales.[MORE]
Explosion fears as wheat silo burns
Emergency services have evacuated several homes amid fears a burning grain silo could explode, near Tamworth, in northern New South Wales. [MORE]
Tourists flocking to Werris Creek museum
New figures have revealed Werris Creek's historic Australian Railway Monument and Museum, in north-west New South Wales, is proving to be a major drawcard for tourists.[MORE]
Elderly woman dies after tyre mishap
A 91-year-old woman who was hit by a runaway truck tyre in Werris Creek this week has died.[MORE]
Tyre mishap injures senior
A 94-year-old woman is critically ill after being hit by a tyre which fell off a cattle truck in Werris Creek.[MORE]
Fighting fund to be set up to lobby for rail link
A fighting fund will be established at a forum in Parkes next month to lobby for a rail link from Melbourne to Brisbane through Narrabri and Moree in New South Wales.[MORE]
New England residents honoured with Queen's Birthday awards
Thirteen people from the New England and north-west have been given awards in the Queen's Birthday honours, which were announced this morning.[MORE]
Werris Creek residents face water restrictions
Liverpool Plains Shire Council will impose level one water restrictions on residents of Werris Creek.[MORE]
Three nominate for Liverpool Plains council
Three people have nominated to stand for the vacant seat on the Liverpool Plains Shire Council.[MORE]
Dog attacks prompt council to take immediate action
The Liverpool Plains Shire Council will issue on-the-spot penalties to owners who do not have their dogs under effective control.[MORE]
Armidale firm to build rail monument
An Armidale company has won the contract to build the Australian Railway Monument at Werris Creek.[MORE]
