The corner of Jubilee Ave and Azalea Street, near Mullumbimby High School, is currently closed following a truck leaving the road and damaging overhead electrical lines.

Tomorrow night will see one lane closed on Tamarind Drive in Ballina while  Lennox Head will see the beginning of roundabout construction at Ballina Street and Allens Parade, Lennox Head start on Monday, May 13.

Wednesday saw another wallaby put down after a suspected dog attack on the beach at Byron Bay, the second in a short period of time.

Each of us is the product of one: without them we would never have existed. If only for this fact, mothers should be celebrated – and this Mother’s Day, consider serving up a three-course feast for the mother in your life, most of the ingredients springing from a visit to the farmers’ market.

A new fire ant nest was identified at South Murwillumbah and was confirmed and eradicated yesterday by the NSW Government and National Fire Ant Eradication Program teams. 

The annual Byron Bay Ocean Classic beach swim organised by the Winter Whales was held last Sunday and attracted...

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