20/08/2008 | TO HIS friends, Brian Cockshutt, who died in yesterday’s fatal crash near Wagga, was a hard worker who loved his NRL team the Sydney Roosters.
20/08/2008 | AN EMERGENCY evacuation was called at the Roads and Traffic Authority office in Narrandera yesterday morning when a bitumen tank caught alight.
20/08/2008 | AS RIVERINA councils jostle to be included in the route for a proposed inland rail line between Melbourne and Brisbane, the company in charge of recommending the best route said yesterday economics, not lobbying, would be the deciding factor.
20/08/2008 | A WAGGA Base Hospital nurse at the centre of smacking allegations in April is still not allowed to work in Wagga but was authorised to work at last month’s World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney.
20/08/2008 | STAR Wagga triathlete Brad Kahlefeldt has set his sights on returning bigger and better at the London Olympic Games in 2012 after his down-the-track finish in Beijing yesterday.
19/08/2008 | VOTERS in Bland and Carrathool shires will be spared a trip to the polling booth on local government election day.
19/08/2008 | NSW Minister for Health Reba Meagher admits the Ambulance Service of NSW did not react fast enough to last Sunday night’s paramedic shortage which forced police to take a critically-ill man to hospital.
19/08/2008 | A FIFTH man from the Griffith region has been arrested for his alleged involvement with the drug ring behind the world’s biggest ecstasy bust.
19/08/2008 | TWO Mount Austin High students were caught wagging school in spectacular fashion yesterday when emergency service crews had to pull them to safety from a stormwater drain.
19/08/2008 | ONE of Wagga’s biggest sporting legends has declared Brad Kahlefeldt will become the city’s greatest ever athlete if he wins the gold medal in today’s Olympic Games triathlon in Beijing.
18/08/2008 | THE country’s eight-year drought stranglehold has tightened in NSW, with more than two-thirds of the state now suffering dry conditions.
18/08/2008 | A PREGNANT woman and four children were the victims of an armed robbery in Cowra on Saturday night.
18/08/2008 | THE Riverina can take some of the credit for Australia’s first track and field medal in the Beijing Olympic campaign.
18/08/2008 | UPDATED plans to extend the Wagga Courthouse could be a step closer to fruition.
18/08/2008 | AN OFFER of one million dollars would make anyone sit up and listen.
18/08/2008 | HEALTHY options and variety were on the menu at the recent Ferndale Distributors fourth School Canteen Trade Day.
18/08/2008 | TRAINING has commenced for Rural Lands Protection Board staff to battle the return of the plague locust this spring.
18/08/2008 | WAGGA Police believe more than one person is responsible for a series of thefts on Thursday night and Friday morning.
18/08/2008 | POPULAR alcoholic shots, slammers and bombs will be banned from being served at Wagga pubs and clubs after lockout.
18/08/2008 | WESTPAC chief Gail Kelly has guaranteed Wagga residents that both the St George and Westpac bank branches would remain should a proposed merger between the two succeed.