DUBBO: WPCC education officer Lisa Minner, taking a selfie alongside the gallery's traditional portraits. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE
ORANGE: Lisa Collins, Kat Kittler, Madeline Harley, Trish Aumuller and Elli Williams are among the cast of the upcoming production of Chicago. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0223sgchicago1
COWRA: It was the win they didn't expect, but one they certainly deserved, when Cowra's Musical and Dramatic Society took home the Canberra Area Regional Excellence Award on Saturday.
DUBBO: Dubbo City Council s Wayne Ferguson (centre) helps Dubbo College South Campus Year 8 students (from left) Jake Williams, Aleesha Butler, Emma Blake and Sam Galway with their stormwater assignment yesterday. Photo: BELINDA SOOLE
ORANGE: Sam Ah-See and Shannon King go toe to toe in the Australian super-welterweight title fight in Orange last Friday. Photo: NICK McGRATH 0221nmbox13
BLAYNEY: David Lake made the switch from Sydney to Newbridge more than 11 years ago when he decided to pursue art as a full-time passion. It seems the country lifestyle has had the desired effect.
DUBBO: Ben Patterson's big 2013-14 season has continued with the Dubbo paceman gaining selection in the NSW under-19s squad.
PARKES: A group of local friends enjoy going on various and extensive bike rides on weekends. One of their trips was to the Murrurundi Bike Show (near Scone), conducted by the Vietnam Veterans.
ORANGE: INVESTIGATION: The Rural Fire Service’s Mike Spira and Steve Smith at the site of the Lower Lewis Ponds Road fire yesterday. Photo: JUDE KEOGH
CANOWINDRA: Year 2 students at St Edward's Primary School were met with a very chirpy surprise on Monday morning, after 10 chicks hatched in the classroom incubator.
WELLINGTON: Federal MP for Parkes Mark Coulton says a program for young Indigenous boys from Brewarrina, Coonamble and Bourke in association with the Clontarf Foundation is an inspiration.
DUBBO: Hannah Soole (left) has made some big adjustments since arriving home from her year spent abroad. The 19-year-old has reluctantly accepted the presence of the intense summer sun's heat and is starting life back on home soil without the comforts of many old familiar faces.
ORANGE: Emergency services attend an accident on the Mitchell Highway on Monday night.
LIGHTNING RIDGE: A convoy of trucks will bring 123 tonnes of hay to the Walgett Shire this Sunday. Photo: REBECCA SHARPE
ORANGE: The victorious Orange under 14 side, (back) Dave Cumming (coach), Max Powell, Ryan Noon, Angus Howarth, Charlie Greer, Ben Winslade, Dale Greer (manager), (front, left) Cooper Bingham, Cohen Schubert, Angus Cumming, Bailey Ferguson, Rory Daburger and Fletcher Rose.
NYNGAN: The fours championships were played last weekend, with Mick Parry, Tom Howard, Peter McKechnie and Kevin Miles being the outright winners on Sunday defeating Craig Rodis, Kevin Reynolds, Rodney Ryan and Eric Nipperess.
ORANGE: Orange orchardist Peter Darley counts the cost of a flying fox invasion of his orchard. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0221sgapples1
COWRA: Emergency services quickly had under control a fire that erupted late on Tuesday afternoon on the banks of the Lachlan River in Cowra.
DUBBO: South Dubbo residents Steve Hodder (front) and Kathleen Ryan, Jenny Rodway, Jay Tink, Ann Ryan, Ally Hicks, Pete Hicks and John Gilbert gather to discuss concerns about a proposed change to the zoning of their neighbourhood. Photo: CHERYL BURKE
FORBES: Advocate journalists took 100 photos of some of the great fashions at the Bedgerabong Picnic Races, now it's your turn to vote for your favourite.
ORANGE: The popularity of the Orange Colour City Running Festival failed to wane over the weekend, after last year's event smashed attendance records.
GRENFELL: The Grenfell Lions Club recently donated $3,000 to Cancer Care Western NSW for Western Care Lodge. The new wing of the accommodation was commissioned in late January.
ORANGE: James Lytton with his Yamaha motorbike and Debbie Lytton with her OZ Trike at the Southern Cross Street Cruisers’ car and bike show at Orange Showground yesterday. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0223sgcar1
ORANGE: Waratahs' players congratulate Nash MacLean on his catch in junior cricket on Saturday. Photo: JUDE KEOGH
DUBBO: A 50-year-old man, believed to be local, has been airlifted to Dubbo hospital with a possible spinal injury following a paragliding accident near Newell Highway in Eumungerie on Wednesday.
PARKES: Mark your calendar and muster your friends – the annual Clean Up Australia Day will be held this Sunday and local residents are urged to take part.
FORBES: The Forbes Netball autumn/winter night competitions for both mixed and ladies teams started this week.
NARROMINE: The Trangie Central School (TCS) Cattle Team are inviting families, friends and community members to their Moonlight Cinema next Friday at TCS Secondary Oval.
BATHURST: Only the bricks were left standing at St Barnabas' Anglican Church in Bathurst after a suspicious blaze on Sunday.
BATHURST: Tony Cafe from T.C. Forensics with one of the holy relics he found during his assessment of the ruins of St Barnabas' Anglican Church.
BATHURST Only the bricks were left standing at St Barnabas' Anglican Church in Bathurst after a suspicious blaze on Sunday.
BATHURST: Bathurst residents celebrate the 50th Eglinton Country Fair.
BATHURST: Emma Paterson, Robert Neate and Amy Phillips settle in at Charles Sturt University during O Week. Photo CHRIS SEABROOK 022414csu1
BATHURST: Horticulturist Roy Menzies with the more than 100-year-old pear trees still bearing fruit at the Bathurst Agricultural Research Station. Photo Phill Murray 022014proy
BATHURST: The Bathurst Cup race meeting, held at Tyers Park Racecourse, Sunday.
MUDGEE: Imogen Kearins, Kaytlyn Dowler, Anthea Kearins and Hugo George at play on Mudgee Tennis Club’s new Hot Shots courts.
MUDGEE: Miss Junior Showgirl contestants at the Rylstone/Kandos Show.
MUDGEE: Mudgee-born milliner Felicity Brown has been invited to show her hats at New York Fashion Week in September.
LITHGOW: LITHGOW:Lithgow High, La Salle Academy, Wallerawang Public, Lithgow Public, Cooerwull, St Patrick's and St Joseph's have all completed the local rounds of swim meets, now the top swimmers are off to compete in regional competition.