Rosemary and previously, her late husband, have been teaching, then quietly building clean water systems for villages and schools in the ‘dry region’ of Burma / Myanmar for years.

Detours will be in place overnight for southbound traffic around Tugun bypass at Tweed Heads starting Sunday, May 12. 

A young man with multiple sclerosis and ongoing flood trauma is facing eviction from the Mullumbimby Pod Village, amid claims that administrators are not qualified to handle people with complex health issues.

Byron Shire topped the state with a 16 per cent increase in rough sleepers, but the count also showed significant increases in numbers across Tweed, Ballina and Lismore shires.

The letters deadline for The Echo is noon Friday. Letters longer than 200 words may be cut. The publication of letters is at the discretion of the letters editor.

The North East Forest Alliance is calling on the Environment Protection Authority to issue an immediate Stop Work Order for logging in Styx River State Forest, near Armidale on the Northern Tablelands.