Tag: Kyogle
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KYOGLE SHIRE ACCIDENTALLY “AMBER” ZONED DUE TO SPELLING ERROR
There was mass confusion in Kyogle overnight, with the Queensland Government website accidentally declaring the shire an Amber Zone. A close contact venue in the Sydney suburb of Rosebery was mistaken for the Northern Rivers town of Roseberry, due to a spelling error. New South Wales Health and the Queensland Government has since fixed the…
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RECORD TUMBLES AT KYOGLE’S GIANT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL
They say “bigger is better” and that was certainly the case today at Kyogle’s Summerland Giant Pumpkin and Watermelon Festival. One Northern Rivers grower broke an international record.
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SUMMERLAND GIANT PUMPKIN FESTIVAL GIVEN GREEN LIGHT FOR THIS WEEKEND
The annual Summerland Giant Pumpkin and Watermelon Festival has been given the green light to go ahead in Kyogle, this weekend. The festival gives local growers an opportunity to display their best crops, with the potential to break Australian records. Activities kick off from 8am Saturday. (NO AUDIO)
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$500,000 CASH SPLASH AT KYOGLE’S AQUATIC CENTRE
Kyogle’s upgraded aquatic centre has opened just in time for the summer school holidays. The half-a-million-dollar redevelopment includes a kids’ splash park, improved disability access to the pools, as well as new amenities. “Over here we’re going to bring the gym up from the showgrounds and put the community gym up here so it will…
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SERVICE NSW VAN TO VISIT EVANS HEAD, CORAKI AND KYOGLE
Residents in Evans Head, Coraki and Kyogle will have better access to government support from next week, with the Service New South Wales Van passing through the region. Established to assist bushfire-affected communities, the mobile centres offer a locals range of services like driver licence renewal. Times and locations are as below: – Evans Head…
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MAN CHARGED AFTER ALLEGEDLY PRINTING GUNS WITH 3D PRINTER
Police have charged a Northern Rivers man with manufacturing a gun using a 3D printer. Officers say they searched a home at Geneva, near Kyogle, yesterday morning and found firearm parts, ammunition and cannabis. The 23-year-old fronted Lismore Local Court today where he did not apply for bail. The case returns to court next Wednesday.…
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MAN KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH AT KYOGLE
A 64-year-old man has died on the Far North Coast after his motorcycle collided with a van this morning. Emergency services were called to Kyogle Road, near Nimbin, just before 10 o’clock. The 24-year-old female driver of the van was taken for mandatory testing. (NO VIDEO)
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LOCAL BUSHFIRES NOW UNDER CONTROL, HAVING BURNT 400+ HECTARES
Bushfires on the Northern Rivers are now under control after having scorched more than 400 hectares of land. A fire at Kippenduff in the Richmond Valley has burnt over 300 hectares, while a hazard reduction burn near Kyogle destroyed 77 hectares. A high fire danger warning remains in place. (NO AUDIO)
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WOMAN AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING THROWN FROM HORSE
A woman is recovering in hospital after being thrown from a horse on a property north-west of Kyogle this morning. The 47-year-old was flown to Gold Coast University Hospital in a serious but stable condition with spinal injuries. (NO VIDEO)
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POLICE SEIZE 15kg OF CANNABIS FROM PROPERTY NORTH OF KYOGLE
Police have allegedly seized drugs and stolen goods during a search warrant at a rural property north of Kyogle. Officers say they found 15kg of cannabis leaf, as well as a dozen stolen cattle panels. It comes after two men were charged last month with the theft of more than eighty cattle panels from the…