Copeton Dam marked 50 years since its official opening yesterday, Friday, 23 October, and Inverell Mayor Kate Dight says many people do not realise how much the community relies on it.
Inverell Shire
Posted inInverell, Roads and Infrastructure, Uralla, What's on
Road closures for Inverell fireworks and Uralla festival
Highway closures are on for festivals in Inverell and Uralla this weekend, with detours for light and heavy vehicles. Check the times before you go.
Posted inInverell, Markets and Fairs
Eat Drink Live New England returns to Inverell with a new home
Inverell will fill with local food, drink and music when Eat Drink Live New England Market Day returns on Saturday, 14 November, in the grounds of the Tourism Inverell Complex next to the Riverside Restaurant.
Posted inInverell, Water
Inverell waste strategy opens for public feedback
Inverell Shire residents are being invited to help shape the region’s waste and resource recovery services for the next decade.
Posted inGood News, Inverell, What's on
Inverell Library selected for expanded LitUp program
Inverell Library will welcome an Australian author or illustrator for local library and school events after being selected for the 2027 LitUp program.
Posted inInverell, Phones and internet
Full fibre upgrades open to thousands of Inverell homes
Thousands of Inverell homes are still on copper, but that is about to change. Here is how to get full fibre, and when NBN staff will be in town to help.
Posted inAged Care, Health, Inverell, Long Read, Uralla Shire
No bed, no way home: the aged care logjam reaching New England hospitals
WEEKEND LONG READ: Medically ready to leave, but nowhere to go. Older people are stranded in New England hospitals, while families are left footing the bill, and politicians squabble.
Posted inAwareness Events, Glen Innes, Inverell, Social issues and services, What's on
Centacare marks 25 years with parties across the region
Free barista coffee, a sausage sizzle, and fun for the kids. Centacare is throwing 25th birthday parties in Inverell, Glen Innes, and Narrabri next week, and everyone is invited.
Posted inArmidale Regional, Inverell Shire, Local politics and councils, Tenterfield Shire
No challengers as three councils return mayors and deputies unopposed
Three New England councils, six elections, not a single challenger. But in Glen Innes, a councillor who came last in 2024 wants the mayor’s chair, and he’s interviewed himself about it.
Posted inAgriculture, Ashford, Emergency management
Rural Aid urges farmers to register early
Bushfire risk is rising this spring, and Rural Aid wants farmers registered before disaster hits, not after. “Disasters don’t wait, and neither should farmers.”