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Premium Content Subscriber only Rough and dangerous seas have prevented contractors from deploying SMART drumlines off our coast for the past seven days. The drumlines are part of the state government’s shark mitigation strategy. Up to 35 of them are usually deployed every day at locations off Ballina and Evans Head, including beaches such as Lennox Headland, Boulder, Sharpes, Angels, Shelly, Lighthouse, South Ballina, Airforce, Evans Head, Main, Shark Bay and Joggly Point. The SMART drumline...

Premium Content ONLY one year ago we had high temperatures, smoke and blistering temperatures. Now the rain gauges in some areas of the Northern Rivers are overflowing and gumboots are the footwear of choice. And according to the Bureau of Meteorology, theres more rain on the way. How the BOM reckons your place fared in the rain gauge in the 24 hours to 9am on February 18, 2021. Alstonville - 30mm

Byron Bay’s Soli Bailey had been dominating in the Great Lakes Pro on the Central Coast, but despite winning his first heat today, has been knocked out of competing in the quarterfinals. Bailey opened his account with the highest wave score of the heat, but couldn’t back it up. “It’s really awesome to put a jersey back on. I have been competing for so many years, it feels super natural and enjoying doing what I love doing. The waves are solid which is nice, bit of punch to it. Just havi...

Premium Content Subscriber only Richmond Valley Council is calling on Rous County Council to continue investigations into the proposed Dunoon Dam. At last nights meeting, Richmond Valley councillors voted unanimously to write to Rous outlining their concerns about recent changes to the Future Water Project 2060, notably the removal of the proposed dam from the strategy. Mayor Robert Mustow said people needed time to think about the consequences of that decision. Rous supplies bulk water to ...

Premium Content Subscriber only Beach hoons are on notice to behave or the entire stretch of beach between Evans Head and Ballina could be closed to four-wheel drives. In what has been described as a "compromise" that will put the fate of the beach in the communitys hands, Richmond Valley Council has voted to close only one of its access points at this stage. Ballina Shire Council closed the Patchs Beach access at South Ballina last year. Its understood work is continuing to close other acc...

Premium Content Subscriber only More beaches on the North Coast could soon be closed to four-wheel drives, with Richmond Valley Council set to follow Ballina Shire Councils lead. The 4WD access points at Moylans Lane and Keith Hall Lane at South Ballina were closed last year due to safety and environmental concerns. Following the Patchs Beach closure, 4WD access to South Ballina beach has still been available via the National Parks entrance and Empire Vale Rd. These accesses are not managed...

March 15-19: F/A 18F Super Hornet May 17-21 May: F-35A Lightning II The 82 Wing Training Flight will operate F/A-18F Super Hornets over the range for dry strafe and application for a few of the days of the scheduled operations. The range overwater areas will not need to be closed. AIRCDRE Alsop said aircraft would not use the range every day for training activities and they could involve up to two waves/day application pattern and live strafe and involve lasers. "Local residents are advi...

Sea and tree-changes have flooded the Northern Rivers property market. See how much it’s impacted your land values.

Latest air force jets will be in our area training on Evans Head range, closing areas off to public

A jawbone found washed up on the far NSW North Coast has been found to be that of a mariner lost at sea in ...