Football South to keep rolling on FOR me this contest is tantalising. Central really need to win or simply stay in the contest just to simply install belief moving forward. However, South to me don’t look like slowing down; they seem to just getting... 25 Jul 2025
Football Cumming to clock up his AFL century IN the Showdown LVIII (#58) clash at the Adelaide Oval, between the Crows and Port, the second one of these encounters that Isaac Cumming plays in, has a special significance for this North Broken Hill junior. In his first year at the West Lakes... 25 Jul 2025
Business Mining org ready to grow BROKEN Hill is back on the stock exchange after Broken Hill Mines (BHM) made its debut during the week. It opened at 47.5c and reaching 51.5c in early trade, a 454 per cent increase on the previous close of predecessor Coolabah Metals with more than... 25 Jul 2025
Sport Homing in on pigeon racing THE Broken Hill Pigeon Racing Club has its clubhouse under the Reed Pavillion at Memorial Oval. It’s a fitting location, pavilions being notorious meeting places for pigeons in the wild. But, as club president Lance Pittaway points out, racing... 18 Jul 2025
News Builder here to save heritage city BROKEN Hill is a city of crumbling old structures that all deserve to be saved. That’s the opinion of Mat Christie, a builder from Adelaide whose work brings him here so often he’s decided not to waste his time and money going home. “I’ll be... 18 Jul 2025
Health Heartbreak leads to heart health A TEAM of nurses will be in Broken Hill this weekend offering free heart health checks to everyone, thanks to the combined efforts of a grass-roots charity and a former Broken Hill woman who is honouring the memory of her late husband. Heartbeat of... 24 Jul 2025
Farming & Environment Lawsuit aimed at water authority A CLASS action against the Murray-Darling Basin Authority will head to trial next month, after almost six years since being lodged. The long-running class action will see claims of negligent water management, including the failure to consider the... 25 Jul 2025
Broken Hill Times Lanyon Family to Pass Publishing Legacy to SA Today The Lanyon family has signed an agreement to sell their newspaper interests to SA Today, with the transfer of ownership of the Sunraysia Daily, Swan Hill Guardian, Gannawarra Times, Broken Hill Times, and North West Farmer to be completed on 1... 23 Jul 2025
News Outback sky sparks career in stars MONASH University student Ida Lichtwark has been spending her holidays at Outback Astronomy in Broken Hill, learning about telescopes while observing the sun and stars. A third year student of Astrophysics and Linguistics, she said she’s interested... 18 Jul 2025
Farming & Environment Salt off the earth IT recently occurred to Jill McNamara that her property is about the same size as Gaza.“Gaza is 90000 acres, and we’re on 85000 acres,” she said. “So Gaza is about one paddock bigger than our property, and millions of people live there... 18 Jul 2025
Community Lions bed down help FOR more than 10 years, the Broken Hill Lions Club has been donating bedding, whether that be mattresses, sheets or blankets, to those in need via St Vincent de Paul. Lions club member and former president Greg Delbridge said the club raised $1000 to... 11 Jul 2025
Health ED upgrade closer to completion BROKEN Hill’s emergency department has now completed Stage 2 of the $12 million project, which includes reconfiguration of five treatment bays, staff spaces and clinical back-of-house areas to provide a more functional clinical workplace for staff... 11 Jul 2025
Community A week of cultural celebration NAIDOC Week was celebrated throughout Broken Hill this week, with this year’s theme The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy focused around passing on cultural knowledge and leadership to younger generations. NAIDOC Week has been... 11 Jul 2025
Horse Racing Young racer nets first win TEENAGE harness racer Elley-May Adams secured her first winning drive last week in Mildura. Broken Hill local, Elley-May started out alongside former local Kate Attard and family at Attard Pacing in Mildura learning the ropes. The 18-year-old is 13... 11 Jul 2025
News Memorial to be restored PREPARATIONS are being made to reinstall the Women’s Miners Memorial back in town square. The Women’s Mining Memorial is a historic monument erected in 2000 by the Mining Unions of Broken Hill to honour the women who had contributed significantly... 05 Jul 2025
Business Small businesses call to shop local THE current economic climate is impacting everyone, including local small businesses who would like to see people shop local first. Local business Coco and May took to Facebook last week to say that for the past month she has struggled with a lack of... 04 Jul 2025
Sport The Madness does it for Prowse A VERY cold Sunday saw a nine-race program with the patrons that braved the weather witnessing some very exciting racing. The night saw a couple of special wins for visiting Mildura trainers Kerry Prowse and Bronwyn Welsh for different reasons, with... 04 Jul 2025