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DESEXING DRIVE: Friends of Griffith Pound member Rachel Carlon with her dog Jess, who was rescued through Needy Paws, and cat Puddy. PHOTO: Contributed

Exciting new approach to Desexing Drive arrives for July

Jacinta Dickins
32m ago

SAFEGUARD: Member for Murray Helen Dalton said she was "inclined to support" legislation allowing assisted dying. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Dalton 'inclined to support' assisted dying for NSW

Jacinta Dickins

MISCONDUCT: Suspended Superintendent Michael Rowan has been found to have engaged in serious misconduct. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Former police commander found to have engaged in serious misconduct

Jacinta Dickins

BACK HOME: Ballerina Ellise Pellizzer has returned from the bright lights of Manhattan to visit her friends and family in Griffith. PHOTO: Kenji Sato

Ellise Pellizzer becomes New York ballerina sensation

Kenji Sato

Griffith student attendance rates hover below 90 per cent, report shows

Griffith student attendance rates hover below 90 per cent, report shows

Kenji Sato

BILLS TO PAY: CPSA president Peter Knox says many pensioners are struggling to pay the gas bills. He said many of them can't afford to use the heater, putting them at risk of winter illnesses such as the flu. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Rising gas prices sends seniors shivering in unheated homes

Kenji Sato

ALL ABOARD: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum curator Bonnei Owen and volunteer train conductor Dianne Silvester prepare for their upcoming train tour. PHOTO: Jacinta Dickins

All aboard: Train tour touted to tempt tourists and townies alike

Jacinta Dickins

DESEXING DRIVE: Friends of Griffith Pound member Rachel Carlon with her dog Jess, who was rescued through Needy Paws, and cat Puddy. PHOTO: Contributed

Exciting new approach to Desexing Drive arrives for July

Jacinta Dickins
32m ago

SAFEGUARD: Member for Murray Helen Dalton said she was "inclined to support" legislation allowing assisted dying. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Dalton 'inclined to support' assisted dying for NSW

Jacinta Dickins

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BIG LOSS: Key midfielder Nathan Bowman (left) will be missing for Henwood Park in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash with Hanwood.

Hawks winning streak faces toughest obstacle yet

Jon Tuxworth

RETURN: Peniona Tamanisave returned to the Waratahs midseason having started the season out at Yenda. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Waratahs look to maintain the gap as they take on Hay

Liam Warren

PUSHING THROUGH: Black and Whites' Michael Mitchell tries to get past the West Wyalong defence last weekend. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Black and Whites have chance to get into top five

Liam Warren

BIG LOSS: Key midfielder Nathan Bowman (left) will be missing for Henwood Park in Sunday's top-of-the-table clash with Hanwood.

Hawks winning streak faces toughest obstacle yet

After over a month on the road, the Riverina Rhinos return home

After over a month on the road, the Riverina Rhinos return home

Liam Warren

MAKING A MOVE: Wanderers' Tess Vaccari looks to get past the Monaro defence during her side WNPL win last weekend. PHOTO: Emma Hillier

Tess Vaccari helps Wanderers to second win of the season

Jon Tuxworth

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ALL ABOARD: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum curator Bonnei Owen and volunteer train conductor Dianne Silvester prepare for their upcoming train tour. PHOTO: Jacinta Dickins

All aboard: Train tour touted to tempt tourists and townies alike

Jacinta Dickins

NEIGH BEER: Lance Anstice and Silver, have a beer with Back Roads presented Heather Ewart at the Black Stump Hotel in Merriwagga. PHOTO: Supplied

Back Roads lead to Hay Plains and Merriwagga's Black Stump Hotel

Declan Rurenga

Bonnie Brown stars in Legally Blonde which has three shows set for this weekend.

What's On: Legally Blonde musical set to finish its run

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ALL ABOARD: Griffith Pioneer Park Museum curator Bonnei Owen and volunteer train conductor Dianne Silvester prepare for their upcoming train tour. PHOTO: Jacinta Dickins

All aboard: Train tour touted to tempt tourists and townies alike

TJ Kooner gets involved in the kabaddi during last year's Shaheedi tournament. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

What's on: City's long weekend packed with events

The Area News

The Big Bush Freeze, raising money and awareness for motor neurone disease, comes to Griffith on Saturday.

Thrills and chills abound in weekend fun

Daisy Huntly

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

Emma Elsworthy

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Amber Drop Honey (500 grams), $10.50

Christmas Gift Guide: 15 of the hottest pressies UNDER $50

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

It's been a big year for honey - a recent report found 20 percent of Australian honey isn't pure - so Sven Stephan and Ana Martin, of Amber Drop Honey, are focusing on creating 100 percent Australian, pure, untreated honey.

The recipe for success in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Take stock: An annual inventory of all of your in comings and out goings will show you where you can make savings.

Make a new financial year resolution

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EARLY START: Griffith's Bagtown Hospital in opened in 1911 and had hessian walls.

High demand for local health care

REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Helen Sim

NO GOING BACK: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong shortly before the launch on July 16, 1969. Pictures: NASA

Endless preparations herald big event

Helen Sim

EARLY START: Griffith's Bagtown Hospital in opened in 1911 and had hessian walls.

High demand for local health care

EXCITED: Abby Molloy.

Heaps of fun with a family program

Abby Molloy

BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The lunar module being tested in Earth orbit during Apollo 9. The gold-coloured material is a man-made polymer coated with aluminium. The probes dangling from the footpads were to sense the Moon’s surface during touchdown and signal the crew to shut off the descent engine. Pictures: NASA

A fragile chariot for a flight into history

Helen Sim

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ON THE MOVE: Southern District Racing Association (SDRA) chairman of stewards John Davidson has resigned after six years in the position.

Davidson accepts position in Singapore

Yenda Public School
Isla Sergi

All the action from the Riverina Dance Festival | Photos

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

Liz Stevenson and Ron Martin with Shiloh the four-month-old Australian mini pig.

Meet the pig that graduated from puppy pre-school

Alex Crowe

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: A humpback whale breaches spectacularly in front of Dean Sorley's kayak in Fingal Bay last week. Picture: Dean Sorley

Imagine being in this kayak

Phoebe Moloney

Tom Howard.

Lowest crop in many years still yields some positives

Talia Pattison

Australian captain Sam Kerr wrote a letter to her former coach Aaron Holt for saving her football career. Picture: Karleen Minney

Meet the man who saved Sam Kerr's football career

Lucie Bertoldo

Price of news is greater when you lose it

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Price of news is greater when you lose it

Glynn Greensmith

Suit Up: Flamboyant Bathurst personality Andy Wheeler is hoping to meet the great Sir Elton John ahead of his concert in Bathurst next year. Photo: Sam Bolt.

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Spreading colour like Elton John across Australia

Andrew Lotherington

Price of news is greater when you lose it

OPINION
Price of news is greater when you lose it

Glynn Greensmith

NO GOING BACK: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong shortly before the launch on July 16, 1969. Pictures: NASA

Endless preparations herald big event

Helen Sim

"Continence Queen" Bev Killick.

When the drip goes beyond a joke

REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Helen Sim

PM Morrison will urge President Trump to resolve US-China trade tensions ahead of the G20 summit.

Trade on menu at Morrison's Trump dinner

58m ago

FROM LITTLE THINGS BIG THINGS GROW: Original committee team Daniel Ryan (left), Tim Williams, Kate Rayner, Hayley Miller, Louise Stock, Charlie Riggs and Lucindale Area School principal Adrian Maywald in 2013.

Locals share their thoughts on Lucindale's One Night Stand win

59m ago

Christopher Pyne's new role as a defence industry adviser has been queried by the opposition.

Labor queries new job for Christopher Pyne

1hr ago

Bendigo in the dead of winter could be a tourism draw, expert says

Bendigo in the dead of winter could be a tourism draw, expert says

1hr ago

TIMELINE: Water Minister Melinda Pavey said the government won't have to wait on the study results to splash cash about for water infrastructure.

Cash splash possible: NSW govt doesn't have to wait for water study

Jamieson Murphy
1hr ago

Queensland MP Robbie Katter will fight former Origin player John Doyle in a charity boxing bout.

'Mad Hatter' Katter steps into boxing ring

Nicholas McElroy
2hrs ago

The Morrison government is closer to finding out whether Centre Alliance will back its tax plan.

Centre Alliance giving PM 'easy ride': ALP

Marnie Banger and Daniel McCulloch
2hrs ago

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says he isn't harbouring hopes of becoming Liberal leader.

Dutton blasts Turnbull's last-ditch idea

Daniel McCulloch
2hrs ago

John Barilaro with Adam Marshall in Glen Innes on Wednesday.

Deputy premier says a nuclear power station could be built in New England

Andrew Messenger
1hr ago

Australian Wool Innovation board member, Wal Merriman, regards as very important the practical training graduates are experiencing through the Hay Inc Rural Education program. "We need people who can run the stock," he said.

Wal praises practical training at Hay Inc

Stephen Burns

Clare Gibbs took out the 2019 Riverina Training Awards Vocational Education Training Student of the Year. Photo by TAFE NSW.

Clare's journey from plate to paddock

Samantha Townsend

Salwater crocodile spotting is a major part of the Yellow Waters Cruise.

Wildlife abounds on billabong adventures in Kakadu

Vanessa Hayden

Lying down on the job? Just part of the entertainment at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival.

Inspiration for your next holiday

John Rozentals

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Holidays with the 'host factor'

How Instagramable is your home?

How Instagramable is your home?

Research shows most fatalities happen when the victims are working under a vehicle and using equipment incorrectly, with many of the fatalities involving the use of vehicle jacks.

Think twice before repairing your car at home

EXTRA CARE: Belinda Scougall has made sure Marshall knows his way around her home and has a ramp leading up to her bed.

Living with a blind dog is a lesson in love

Linley Wilkie