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Local church prays for Pope

IN news that shocked the world, head of the Catholic Church Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, from a stroke and heart failure, with the local Catholic Church joining billions around the world in prayer. Dean of the Broken Hill Cathedral...

28 Apr 2025
Opinion

Restoring power to Broken Hill and the Far West

THE outage experienced in October 2024 highlighted the energy challenges Broken Hill and the Far West face, with one transmission line supporting 13,000 customers. Frustration amplified in the community when the...

28 Apr 2025
Farming & Environment

River authority discusses future plans

THE Murray–Darling Basin Authority held a meeting last week in Canberra, discussing the 2025 Basin Plan Evaluation report draft and 2026 Basin Plan Review Discussion, amongst other water-related issues. The meeting, which took place on Wednesday...

28 Apr 2025
Health

Make your lunch boxes Go, Grow and Glow

Make your lunch boxes ‘Go, Grow and Glow’By Stephanie Wylie, Far West LHD DietitianAs February rolls around so does the (sometimes dreaded) task of packing lunchboxes. With lunchboxes contributing up to third of a child’s daily nutrient...

28 Apr 2025
News

Horse owner defends local trainer

LEADING a horse outside of a car to train is a “safe and common practice” according to horse owner Bryan Littlely. Mr Littlely has worked alongside horse trainer and local Heidi Smith for over seven years. Last week, it was reported that Ms Smith pled...

27 Apr 2025
Sport

‘Magician’ Meuret reminisces

ONE of the inaugural inductees into West Adelaide’s Hall of Fame in 2005, Peter Meuret was a mercurial footballer and a key member of the Bloods’ 1983 premiership win over the Double...

27 Apr 2025
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Arts & Entertainment

Big ant makes big impression

IT was Broken Hill’s answer to the Dog on the Tucker box display and sat at the Stephens Creek pub before heading into the Silver City. In December 1980, Women’s Weekly featured a story on artist Pro Hart and his steel bull ant. As the story went to...

26 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Survival Kits for Literary Heroines is the write stuff

ARTIST Cathy Farry will be exhibiting her new work, Survival Kits for Literary Heroines, from May at the Broken Hill City Art Gallery. Farry said she was inspired after a conversation with a work colleague post-COVID.“We’d talk about making...

26 Apr 2025
News

Support local news

Andrew SchreyePresidentCountry Press AustraliaCOUNTRY Press Australia wants candidates at the upcoming Federal election to support a policy demanding a fairer share of government advertising be allocated to regional and local newspapers. There is an...

26 Apr 2025
Community

Event to shop local

BROKEN Hill’s Small Biz Collective have come up with a new idea to encourage people to shop local. The Mother’s Day Sip, Shop and Spoil event will be held on Thursday, May 1, and will feature a guided shopping experience, refreshments at The...

26 Apr 2025
Business

Dahlias in the desert

KEEN gardener Sarah Vlatko started growing flowers in her backyard purely for enjoyment, but after receiving interest from people wanting to buy them, she now delivers them throughout Broken Hill. Ms Vlatko said though she’s always loved flowers...

26 Apr 2025
Farming & Environment

Pressing news: Olive harvest begins

AS predicted by the Broken Hill Gourmet Products Co-Operative in March, its 600-tree olive grove’s fruit was perfectly ripe and ready to harvest this Easter, with the harvest beginning on Monday. Co-op chair Steve Flecknoe-Brown was joined by...

26 Apr 2025
Community

Ball nominations open

YOUNG Broken Hill women are being invited to nominate for the Civic Ball. Broken Hill City Council is looking for 2025 Civic Ball debutantes. The ball will take place on Friday, October 24 at the Civic Centre and nominations close on May 30. As one of...

26 Apr 2025
Arts & Entertainment

Circles of Beauty to brighten centre

THE Civic Centre will see its windows transformed into a luminous gallery for the upcoming Outback Sufi Conference next month. Striking geometric designs by Tasmanian artist Hanifa Leoni Macfarlane will take over the facade of the Civic Centre, with...

25 Apr 2025
Health

GP awards open for nominations

THE Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) has announced the opening of nominations for its excellence awards, urging the public to nominate their favourite health professionals. ACRRM’s award season features 44 regional and...

25 Apr 2025
Community

Interest grows in reopening boarding home

ADVERTISING for the reopening of Allison House is set to go out, after overwhelming pressure to have the boarding home run again in 2027. After the boarding facility for isolated high school students closed last year due to declining numbers, there...

25 Apr 2025
News

House fire probe

A HOUSE fire in Chapple Street is now under police and fire investigation. Firefighters were called to a house fire about 6.20pm on Wednesday. Crews from Broken Hill Fire Station and Broken Hill South found a house well alight on arrival. Broken Hill...

25 Apr 2025