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Stage Three Representative Player of the Year Rohan Wilson with Stage Three Representative Coach Marc McLeish. Photo: Robin Dale

Junior cricketers rewarded for a year of hard work

22m ago

Grenfell were far too good for the Cowra Valleys on the weekend as they cruised a nine wicket victory, chasing down 72 in slightly less than 13 overs. Photo: Robin Dale

Grenfell claim Sportspower Cup over Cowra Valleys

Ben Rodin

Sydney FC organised the clinic, sponsored by a Japanese benefactor as part of Saturday's festival. Photo: Robin Dale

Festival's morning soccer clinic is a hit

Ben Rodin

Stage Three Representative Player of the Year Rohan Wilson with Stage Three Representative Coach Marc McLeish. Photo: Robin Dale

Junior cricketers rewarded for a year of hard work

22m ago

Peter 'Buck' Ford is the new president of the Central Districts Racing Association

'Buck' Ford steps up as Racing President

Col Hodges

The Cowra Eagles had a comfortable pre-season win in Canberra. Photo: Nick McGrath

Eagles rampant in Canberra against Uni Norths

Ben Rodin

Cowra's Nikki Kurtz is raising money for Cowra Special Needs Service by walking 10kms in 10 days and a further 5kms each day for the month of March.

Nikki Kurtz taking one step at a time for Cowra Special Needs Service

2hrs ago

Cowra stop for Macquarie Philharmonia tour

On April 13, 15 Cowra Ballet School dancers ranging from eight to 18 years will embark on a tour of the USA.

Bingo and barbecues: fundraiser to help get Cowra ballet students to US

Cowra's Nikki Kurtz is raising money for Cowra Special Needs Service by walking 10kms in 10 days and a further 5kms each day for the month of March.

Nikki Kurtz taking one step at a time for Cowra Special Needs Service

2hrs ago

Donna Falconer with her Groovy Booby Bus in Dubbo. Donna is speaking at Cowra Rotary next Thursday.

Groovy Booby Bus to spread early detection message in Cowra

Kendal Street businesses have been decorated by local school students in anticipation for the Festival.

2019 Festival of International Understanding gets under way

What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

BOOT UP: For the garden. Mulch, fertilise and prune.

Prime time for your plants

Style: Whether it's a quiet book and a fire pit or outdoor TV's and sound systems, there are always ways to put your personality into your outdoor area. Photos: Shutterstock.

Spend time in the outdoors

Andrew Lotherington

What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

Great option: Cameras not only help catch thieves if they have stolen from your home, but also can deter them before hand. Photos: Shutterstock.

Protecting what you value

Andrew Lotherington

Helping Hand: While there is not a one size fits all solution to health and weight loss, but gut health could hold part of the answer. Photos: Shutterstock.

Do you have a gut feeling?

REAL ESATE: Looking to invest in the Central West? New data from Suburbanite shows where you should avoid. Photo: FILE

Looking to invest in the Central West? Here's where to avoid

Nadine Morton

RENTAL MARKET: Finding it hard to find a rental in Cowra? You're not the only one, new data shows. Photo: FILE

Finding it hard to find a rental in Cowra? You're not the only one

Nadine Morton

DREAM AWAY: Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos. Photos: DOMAIN

Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos

Nadine Morton

Cowra Community Chest volunteer Leo Wright welcomes shoppers to the markets.

Cowra Community Markets on this Saturday

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Cowra branch of CWA calls for new members

A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: March 2002

Cowra Community Chest volunteer Leo Wright welcomes shoppers to the markets.

Cowra Community Markets on this Saturday

Just after retirement, visiting Cowra, wth wife Molly and sister-in-law Jill Norton.

Ron Norton celebrates his 90th with 99 descendants

A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: February 2002

Stage Three Representative Player of the Year Rohan Wilson with Stage Three Representative Coach Marc McLeish. Photo: Robin Dale

Junior cricketers rewarded for a year of hard work

22m ago

Olivia Cummins from Goodstart Early Learning takes part in the parade. Photo by Matthew Chown.

A little taste of Japan at Cowra's Festival of International Understanding

Karen Yeo with Tom and Cheryl Downing.

Cowra Blues toast to the start of the 2019 season

NOT SO FAST: Shoalhaven dairy farmer Robert Miller stands between the PM's convoy and the way out of Nowra on a one-way street at Jellybean Park on Friday. Picture: Rebecca Fist

Farmer blocks PM’s convoy: ‘Cheaper to wash car with milk’

Jailed: Lennard Downes leaves Wollongong courthouse during a previous court appearance. On Thursday, he left the building in the back of a Corrective Services van, bound for SIlverwater jail.

Listen to the secret recordings that helped jail abusive child care worker

Shannon Tonkin

Girl power: Brie Larson is a force to be reckoned with in Marvel Studios' latest offering, the brilliantly-soundtracked Captain Marvel, rated M, in cinemas now.

Captain Marvel review: New hero for girls all over

Jess Layt

A look back at history with Throwback Thursday: March 2002

A mate’s tragic accident is motivating Hugh Maxey as he embarks on his university studies.

Paraplegic mate the motivation behind micro-sleep detector

HUMANITY: We should stand with New Zealanders and Muslims in this time of misery. Picture: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Virtue, not extremism, is the golden way

Father Brendan Lee
22m ago

Picture: Joe Armao

Why helmets do not protect our athletes

Dr Alan Pearce

PERSPECTIVE: After events like Christchurch, it's common to feel the need to do something. Picture: AAP Image/SNPA, Martin Hunter

Searching for meaning in our everyday lives

Zoë Wundenberg

End-of-life doula Helen Callanan

Doulas provide support for the dying

Eileen Wood

ON REFLECTION: Simon Cullen with the Lookinglass artifical intelligence mirror.

AI mirror monitors Parkinson’s signs

BE SAFE: If you find it is too tricky or unsafe to fit a smoke alarm yourself, contact your nearest Fire and Rescue NSW station for advice.

Be alarmed about fire risk

Michael Daley says he meant no offence when he said Sydney jobs were being taken by educated Asians.

Daley sorry if Asia comment caused offence

10m ago

Tasmanian police union's call for arms

12m ago

Gladys Berejiklian has accused Michael Daley of "rank hypocrisy" days before NSW goes to the polls.

Labor's Daley accused of 'rank hypocrisy'

16m ago

Qld's authorities prepare for Cyclone Trevor to cross the far north coast as a category 3 system.

Cyclone Trevor makes North Qld landfall

48m ago

Christian Porter says as many as 185,000 older Australians experienced abuse or neglect every year.

National hotline to combat elder abuse

53m ago

The boat's former owner Dennis Markwell has painted a bleak picture of the prawn trawling operation.

Qld trawler emergency hatch welded shut

Aaron Bunch
54m ago

Inaction could lead to koalas becoming extinct in NSW because population numbers are falling.

Nationals koala numbers laid bare

1hr ago

Graeme Bryan Curran is accused of assaulting a teenage boy in the 1980s.

NSW man 'emailed his alleged child abuser'

Benita Kolovos
1hr ago

Burrawang stud's Mal Brady and stud manager Wicus Cronje with the $4000 top-priced ram, a White Dorper purchased by Peter and Penny Dagg, Eastern stud, Murrunbateman.

Sixth total auction clearance in a row

Mark Griggs
1hr ago

Angus Perry's photo of the rainfall along the Boomi Road, 2km from Goondiwindi (on the NSW side of the border).

Booming rain at Boomi sees mini-flood

John Ellicott and Sophie Harris
2hrs ago

Australian Opal Centre president, David Lane OAM and Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton with the plans for the proposed opal centre at Lightning Ridge, a vision for close to two decades now becoming a reality.

Opal Centre gains green light funding

Mark Griggs

Business as usual: Peppers Blue on Blue.

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

Qualia: Exclusive packages for Hamilton Island Race Week.

Do you need some travel inspiration?

John Rozentals

Take a taste stop at Haigh’s Chocolates on Beehive Corner, Rundle Mall.

Take the time to soak up a little bit of Adelaide

Bronwyn Ridgway

SAFE AND SECURE: One benefit of telehealth consultations for rural and remote patients is the feeling of confidentiality it provides.

Using video chat to access mental health treatment

HealthShare

Cuddles: Shorewell wildlife carer, Lynne Jordan, with Sherman the orphaned wombat. Picture: Brodie Weeding.

Orphaned wildlife given a second chance

Libby Bingham

SIMPLE SOLUTION: If you're renting, invest in safety solutions that can easily be installed and moved without damaging or marking any walls or interiors.

How to childproof a rental