Local wingsuit athlete Chris Geiler is coming out of a post-three-World-Championship retirement to compete at the 2026 World Championships in the US in two weeks.

The volunteers at Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers do a fantastic job looking after local wildlife in distress. If you're interested in becoming a wildlife carer, the group is running an introductory course later this month at Goonellabah.

The NSW government says communities across regional NSW, including the Lismore electorate, are to benefit from a comprehensive plan to support arts and, culture, and grow cultural tourism.

Two free information sessions on becoming a disaster evacuation centre volunteer are to be held in the Byron Shire this week.

The Lismore City Council says staff will carry out their annual Temporary Levee System Training Exercise this coming Sunday, fifteenth of December.

There was a hive of activity at the NSW SES Mullumbimby unit on Saturday for all the right reasons as women from the Byron Shire and surrounds attended the Emergency Preparedness in Community (EPiC) women’s workshop.

In the final training session before the people’s blockade of the world’s biggest coal port, activists from Rising Tide Northern Rivers paddled from Brunswick Heads to the Wallum site and back last week.

If the fires and floods in recent years have taught us anything, it is that preparation is key to minimising the impacts of disaster on local communities.

Since The Echo last spoke to Lennox Head's Jackson Connellan, from The Healthy Minds Club, things have become even busier. Formed originally in response to...

Can you help local community group Ballina Region for Refugees help newcomers in need of training?