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FOGGY: Griffith's icy weather is expected to get a little warmer this week.

Forecasts predict an end to icy weather, weekend rain

Kenji Sato
34m ago

Yenda Public School
Isla Sergi

All the action from the Riverina Dance Festival | Photos

Jacinta Dickins

ALL EARS: Yenda Public School's Flyn Mallamace, Farrah Moon and Samara Sergi taking part in the Riverina Dance Festival in Griffith. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Yenda Public School stars in Riverina Dance Festival

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

TAKING THE BIDS: Jess Spencer, Wayne Spencer and Jack Pippin at the Griffith sheep and lamb market.

Griffith lambs make top of $335

Firies to climb Sydney Tower Eye for MND research

Firies to climb Sydney Tower Eye for MND research

Kenji Sato

SHOTS FIRED: Member for Murray Helen Dalton says the recent cash splash wouldn't have happened in a safe Nationals seat, but Nationals leader John Barilaro said she is trying to "take credit for the hard work of other people".

Helen Dalton 'takes credit' for budget cash splash, Barilaro claims

Kenji Sato

FOGGY: Griffith's icy weather is expected to get a little warmer this week.

Forecasts predict an end to icy weather, weekend rain

Kenji Sato
34m ago

Yenda Public School
Isla Sergi

All the action from the Riverina Dance Festival | Photos

Jacinta Dickins

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FORM ROLLS ON: Rhinos' Pearson Kasawaya found the back of the net during his side's win over Brindabella Blues in under 13s. PHOTO: Liam Warren

Mixed results for Rhinos in Canberra against Brindabella

Liam Warren
41m ago

Bring a friend for a round of golf

Bring a friend for a round of golf

1hr ago

TRY TIME: West Wyalong's Mackenzie Parkes scored twice to see her side defeat the previously unbeaten Black and Whites side. PHOTO: Liam Warren

West Wyalong end Panthers unbeaten start to the season

Liam Warren
1hr ago

FORM ROLLS ON: Rhinos' Pearson Kasawaya found the back of the net during his side's win over Brindabella Blues in under 13s. PHOTO: Liam Warren

Mixed results for Rhinos in Canberra against Brindabella

41m ago

LOOKING FOR OPTIONS: Midstate Gunns' Talei Beitaki looks to find a teammate during her side's round seven clash with Flavourtech Firebirds as the season passes the halfway mark for 2019. PHOTO: Anthony Stipo

Halfway mark of season past for Griffith netball

Michelle Perez
2hrs ago

Waratahs flex their muscles in big win over struggling Sharks

Waratahs flex their muscles in big win over struggling Sharks

Liam Warren

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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

The Area News

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

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

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

WEDDING BLISS: All things nuptials will be on display at the Griffith Bridal Fair on Sunday.

What's on: Fill your weekend with local goodness

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

PHYSICAL: The weekend is action-packed, with no activity more so than the anticipated kabaddi tournament, which TJ Kooner (centre left) found out last year.

Sikh Games to bring a weekend of fun to Griffith

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

High demand for local health care

1hr ago

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

1hr ago

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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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

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

Cadaver dog Bryson found Noel Ingham's remains in the bushland at Dulverton.

He was his mate, his carer and ended up ... his murderer

Sandy Powell

For many, homelessness is just a few steps away

For many, homelessness is just a few steps away

Zoë Wundenberg

Rain fails to run the course for dry rivers

OPINION
Rain fails to run the course for dry rivers

Ashish Sharma

INSPIRING: Mudgee teenager Jarrod Emeny tells his story in the first episode of The Land's podcast series, "Hear Them Raw".

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Jarrod's mum has two questions for God

James Joyce

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

Steven Oakes has been jailed over multiple charges including eight counts of insider trading.

Hacker jailed for Vic inside trading

12m ago

Consumer group Choice says Australia's food stars rating is needs overhauling.

Food star ratings fail on sugar: Choice

19m ago

Sydney's Anglican Archbishop says Israel Folau's right to express his faith is being denied.

Folau treatment 'smacks of ugly Australia'

23m ago

Former Victoria Police officer Paul Dale is reappearing before the Lawyer X inquiry.

Vic Police warned over Lawyer X docs

23m ago

GoFundMe has pulled Israel Folau's online fundraising campaign for violating its terms of service.

New Folau fund tops half a million dollars

1hr ago

Upper house MLC Penny Sharpe, pictured during the election campaign with then leader Michael Daley, will recontest the deputy leadership role. She has been acting Labor leader since the March state election. Picture:CHRISTOPHER PEARCE

Battle for NSW Labor deputy looms as MPs prepare to vote for party leader

Lisa Visentin
1hr ago

LOCKED OUT: Emma Pollock outside Adamstown Rosebud Tennis Club on Monday. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

Male-only tennis club faces eviction over sex discrimination

Michael Parris
1hr ago

Mathew Flame allegedly took multiple drugs before Liam Anderson was beaten to death.

Plea due from Angry's son's alleged killer

Sarah McPhee
1hr ago

Winx is off to stud at Yarraman Park in the Hunter Valley to be joined with I Am Invincible.

Winx finds her man and he's Invincible

John Ellicott
1hr ago

Top fashion from Coonamble races

Top fashion from Coonamble races

Janine McMillan
1hr ago

Junior and grand Red Angus bull, Goondoola Nebraska, associate judge Chelsea Rayner, judge, Robert Hutchinson, David Croker, Yallambee stud, Berima, Peter McNamara, Hannah Powe,Nicole Skipper with daughter, Emily.

Goondoola strikes Gold

Mark Griggs

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'

These kids are addicted to [screens] and the behavioural aggression is often a response to having the addiction withdrawal when time's up.

Your kid's tantrum might actually be screen time withdrawal

HealthShare

Tax crimes: The Shawshank Redemption follows the story of prisoners Andy (Tim Robbins) and Red (Morgan Freeman, pictured) as they help the guards shelter money from tax.

Films to see you through taxing times

Don't spoil this picture: with international roaming data charges. Make the most of wi-fi where you can.

Tech Talk: Make wi-fi your best friend when travelling

Mathew Dickerson