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The home of one of Coffs Harbour’s best views could soon re-open, if only for a limited time. Council has put the Deep Sea Fishing Club out for tender, almost a year since it closed down. A spokesman said although council is the corporate manager of the state park in which the club sits, it…

The public’s help is being sought to help locate a man wanted for an outstanding parole warrant. 29-year-old Douglas Gomes is wanted for breaching an apprehended violence order. Mr Gomes is described as Aboriginal in appearance with a thin build and black hair and brown eyes. He is known to frequent the Coffs Harbour area…

Two women have been arrested during a protest involving 30 people on the mid north coast. Around 10am this morning, police responded to reports of protestors entering a property at a premises on Little Street in Coffs Harbour. Police spoke to approximately 30 people, and following negotiations most of those people left voluntarily. Two women,…

A man has been killed on the mid north coast, after the car he was a passenger in left the road and crashed into a tree. Just before 9pm yesterday, the Holden Commodore was travelling on Orara Way in Nana Glen, north west of Coffs Harbour, when the accident occured. Police say the male passenger,…

The state government is likely to face strong resistance to its plans for commercial development at Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Foreshores. Regular users of the area today expressed their opposition to the government’s proposal for high rise accommodation, and how it’s gone about developing them.

The state government is under pressure to release plans it’s been developing for at least 6 months for Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Foreshores. The concepts being considered include high-rise accommodation east and west of Jordan Esplanade.

A mid-north coast psychologist has been charged with indecently assaulting a young boy. The 51-year-old man was arrested at a clinic in Coffs Harbour just before 10am yesterday. Police say the child was a patient of the psychologist when the alleged indecent assaults occurred. The man was charged with four counts of indecent assault of…

New perspectives on one of the seminal moments in Australia’s history are delighting art lovers in Coffs Harbour. The East Coast Encounter exhibition takes a fresh look at the first meetings between Captain Cook and aboriginal people.

The effort to rid Coffs Harbour of single use plastic bags has won international praise. A keynote speaker at the country’s biggest waste conference said there are challenges to ditching single use plastics, but they pail compared to the need to address the issue.

A man wanted for serious domestic violence offences is on the run in the north of the state. Police say there are two outstanding warrants for 37-year-old Leslie Speeding from Goonellabah and they believe he may be heading to the Toormina area near Coffs Harbour. Mr Speeding may be travelling in a 1989 Holden sedan,…