MID North Coast residents, like most in regional Australia, are known for helping others in need. But changes to charity funding rules have led to concerns that the system isn’t working as well as it ...

ARTISTS and makers living with disability in the Port Macquarie-Hastings region are invited to apply to participate in ...

THIS week has brought large southerly swell across the Mid North Coast, making conditions challenging for anglers both on the ...

UNIVERSITY lecturer Tin Hta Nu fled Burma [Myanmar] in 1990. Her outspoken political beliefs made her a target for the ...

THURSDAY, 10 September is R U OK? Day – our annual reminder of the importance of checking in, reaching out, and talking ...

THREE Hastings Secondary College Sista Connections students have won the 2026 TCS (TATA Consultancy Services) Sydney Marathon ...

AN eccentric French song by Jacques Brel contains the lyric: “I confuse your sister and Mont Valérien (and) from what I know ...

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in reply to Wayne Duesbury (‘Facts speak louder than a Google search’, NOTA, 4/9/26). Judging ...

This is the first in a two-part series devoted to this topic. TWO of the Mid North Coast’s most popular offshore fish, ...

A PORT Macquarie man, his wife and family are celebrating a $102,000 Lucky Lotteries win that landed on the same day his ...

TIMELESS Quilters are preparing for their much anticipated exhibition, which was postponed as a result of the May floods. The display will be held at Panthers Auditorium on Friday and Saturday 15-16 ...

DEAR News Of The Area, NEW Liberal leader Angus Taylor promises that by returning to Liberal values he will restore our standard of living, protect our way of life and restore the Australian dream of ...