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Green Heroes among 2026 NSW Environment Award winners

The NSW Environment Awards, hosted by the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, Nature Conservation Council NSW, was recently held at Customs House in Sydney.

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Fatal injury in Ocean Shores

About 2pm on Friday 30 October 2026, emergency services were called to a home on Warrambool Road, Ocean Shores, following reports a man had been injured.

Northern NSW hospitals fall short on emergency and mental-health targets

Fewer than half of Northern NSW emergency patients needing admission or transfer met a six-hour hospital access target in 2025–26, according to a health district review released yesterday.

Casino Truck Show crowned NSW’s Best Visitor Experience

The North Coast Petroleum Casino Truck Show has taken out the Outstanding Visitor Experience category at the 2026 NSW Business Awards in Sydney.

Byron’s Sunday Golden Hour

From Sunday, 1 November, Three Blue Ducks is launching Golden Hour at The Farm Byron Bay, with freshly shucked oysters, live music and happy hour drinks every Sunday afternoon.

Make a SHIFT and support women at risk of homelessness

The Small SHIFT: I Will Survive event where seven women, spanning seven decades, tell their story in seven minutes, is back for the fourth year running on Thursday, 5 November.

Walking the talk

Under the leadership of Labor’s Minister for the Environment, Hon. Penny Sharpe MLC, the NSW Parliament recently legislated several...

Stories about "history":

Swap the classroom for the trenches?

History teachers from the Northern Rivers are being encouraged to apply for the new NSW History Teachers Anzac Scholarship, designed to send a history...

Remembering the lost WW1 generation

The Brunswick Valley was hit hard by WW1, with 69 percent of its young men killed or wounded, according to Census figures. This led...

Jenny Dowell reflects (part 1)

Having overcome numerous challenges in the past, the former mayor of Lismore, Jenny Dowell, is currently facing a major health crisis. She sat down with The Echo to reflect on the changes she's seen across the rainbow region, and consider the future. This is part one of a two part feature.

End of a two-wheeled era in Lismore

One of the oldest continuously operating bicycle shops in Australia, Harris Cycle Co., is closing its doors this month, in what will be a very sad day for local bike enthusiasts and the wider Lismore community.

Remembering Wave Hill, fifty years on

It's fifty years since Gough Whitlam poured red sand into Vincent Lingiari's hand, symbolising the legal transfer of Wave Hill Station in the Northern Territory back to the Gurindji people.

Vibes and beats return to the streets of Tweed

The Tweed’s biggest party is back, with the 2025 Tweed Regional Museum Street Party set to light up the Museum precinct on Saturday 6 September from 3–9 pm.

Crescent Head murders remembered, 30 years on

NSW Police Force Acting Commissioner, Peter Thurtell APM, has reflected on one of the darkest days in the history of the NSW Police Force – the shooting murders of two officers at Crescent Head on the Mid North Coast, 30 years ago.

Hemposium brings the experts together at Nimbin

As part of the Mardi Grass 2025 festival, Nimbin Town Hall was the scene for a weekend of talks on the remarkable properties of a certain controversial plant, in all its manifestations.

Dipping into Byron’s rich history with Jan Dawkins

The birth of the Byron Community Centre in 1980 was a profoundly important moment in the history of the Shire – an event which...

Supporters rallying to save Lismore Museum

With Lismore City Council due to debate a rescission motion on the issue tomorrow, supporters of the Richmond River Historical Society are rallying before the meeting at Lismore Council Chambers in Goonellabah.

Remembrance Day 2026: 11am, 11 November

It is estimated that in WWl there were 20 million dead and 20 million injured. From a population base of fewer than five million,...

Love books? Join Friends of the Library

Friends of the Libraries, Byron Shire are looking for some fresh, new, younger faces to join the group and help keep it moving forward.

Racehorses shot for pet food by NSW breeder

Thirteen thoroughbred horses deemed no longer useful, have been destroyed with eight horses destroyed by firearm at Berkeley Park Stud.

Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club youngsters shine

Two young members of Byron Bay Surf Lifesaving Club have delivered outstanding performances at the Paddle NSW State Sprint Championships, held at the Penrith International Regatta Centre over the weekend.