Plans afoot for big copper mine
Tritton Resources is starting construction on what will eventually be western New South Wales' largest copper mining operation.
View ArticleMiners plan new motel for Hermidale
Two miners from the Tritton Copper Mine are proposing to build a motel in Hermidale, near Nyngan.
View ArticlePolice probe Hermidale fatal road crash
A 38-year-old woman has been killed in a car accident at Hermidale near Nyngan.
View ArticleLocust plan of attack for Nyngan district
A locust band has been discovered near Nyngan that stretches for 10 kilometres.
View ArticleLocust focus moves west
Aerial locust surveillance is getting underway in the Far West following increasing reports of activity of the pest.
View ArticlePolice crackdown on illegal hunters
Recreational shooters from Sydney and Melbourne are being targeted by police during an Easter crackdown on illegal hunting in western New South Wales.
View ArticleResidents overcharged thousands on power bills
Dozens of people in western New South Wales have been overcharged thousands of dollars on their power bills in what appears to be a billing fault.
View ArticleEnergy firm addresses bill blunder
Senior managers from an energy company have met residents in Hermidale, who have been overcharged thousands of dollars on their bills.
View ArticleResidents refunded for power bill blunder
Residents in the Nyngan district overcharged thousands of dollars on their power bills will have their accounts credited.
View ArticleDoubt cast over energy white paper
A central western New South Wales MP says he is sceptical about recommendations made in a Federal Government white paper on energy.
View ArticleHera mine plans to reduce road travel
The Hera Gold mine owner is seeking to reduce travel to a rail link by more than 100 kilometres.
View Article2014 grain harvest underway in western New South Wales
The first deliveries of canola have started in western New South Wales, getting the state's harvest underway.
View ArticleHarvest gets a start in NSW
Gilgandra and Hermidale are reporting a kick-off for the 2014 harvest but it's still a few weeks off in many other farming communities, and this chequered start to harvest reflects the variability of...
View ArticlePolice to interview residents over suspicious deaths of three people in...
Residents of Hermidale and Nyngan will be interviewed by police today as authorities search for a fourth person in relation to the suspicious deaths of three people on a property in the area.
View ArticleMan charged over Nyngan deaths was in relationship with female victim
The 61-year-old man charged over the fatal shooting of two people in central New South Wales had been in a relationship with the woman who was killed, police say.
View ArticleMan fronts court over murder of ex-partner, two others in western NSW
A man is refused bail after appearing in court charged with murdering his ex-partner and two men in western New South Wales.
View ArticleBronze medallist Phillip Dutton on horses and Hermidale
Phillip Dutton still carries a lot of the western plains of New South Wales with him, even after years of high level competition in US equestrian eventing circles.
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