2025 captured – Echo’s photographers had a busy year

Rotary members from across the North Coast and Justine Elliot MP have launched the local Rotary 2025 ‘Say No to Domestic and Family Violence’ campaign in Tweed Heads.

From arts and crafts to farm products there are no shortage of delights that will be available at this year’s Shearwater Steiner School’s Spring Fair this Saturday, September 6, from 10am to 3pm.

The winners of the Northern Rivers AFL Cup are the Ballina Bombers, who after an undefeated season, made their stamp on 2025 with a convincing win over the Lismore Swans.

Tweed Shire Council is now asking residents to vote for their favourite to win the People’s Choice award, from the thirty-three local groups and individuals who have been nominated for the Tweed Sustainability Awards in 2025.

There were plenty of winners at the recent 2025 North Coast Regional Tourism Awards.

The organisers of the 2025 Byron Writers Festival have regrettably decided to cancel the rest of the weekend’s events, owing to the condition of the festival site, as well as ongoing rain.

Mission Australia is putting out the final call for young people to share their thoughts on the issues impacting Australia in the charity’s annual Youth Survey which closes on August 15.

The Northern Rivers Rail Trail has taken out Gold in the Adventure Tourism category at the 2025 North Coast Tourism Awards

Leaving scrubs behind and tucking their angel wings into street threads, hundreds of deserving nurses and midwives gathered at the Ballina RSL recently for the 2025 Northern NSW Local Health District Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards.