YEAR IN REVIEW | May sees business moves and coronavirus impacts

JDMG had lodged plans for an extensive $3 million development of the site ahead of its move and the application was approved by Orange City Council in mid-March. However in a message to its customers the car dealership announced it had axed its plans to move.

"Due to COVID-19 and the effects this is having on the car industry, this re-location will unfortunately not be proceeding," JDMG posted to social media.

"It would have been a great dealership site, and although JDMG is disappointed, we are very positive about the future and with our fantastic customers, staff and families we will navigate our way through this unprecedented time and come out the other side.

"Therefore, we are staying at our Bathurst Road home of 37 years which has served us very well and we are very confident that JDMG has a bright future ahead."

JDMG said it was business as usual, with sales, service, parts, accessories and finance departments still open.

One of Orange's best-known restaurants, Racine near Lake Canobolas, closed its doors after nearly 12 years service.

Willa Arantz, who owns the restaurant with chef husband Shaun, revealed they would instead focus on expanding their city bakery into a larger cafe on Summer Street.

Mrs Arantz said the fall in trade due to the coronavirus restrictions had not forced the decision.

"In the back of our minds we've been trying to wind up the restaurant in the next 12-18 months," she said.

"Our lease was up."

Mrs Arantz said with growing children they wanted to spend more time as a family.

"We've done our time. We've got little kids. At least we can have night times and Sundays off," she said.

Mrs Arantz said they had taken over a former shoe shop which backed onto their CBD bakery at the Woolworths car park.

Four young women were injured after the car they were travelling in crashed and rolled.

Central West Police District chief inspector Dave Harvey said the driver of the car, aged 21 from Orange, had been charged with mid-range drink driving.

He said police were told the driver took evasive action after a kangaroo jumped in front of the car.

The car left Forest Road at Spring Terrace just before 11.30pm and rolled several times.

A NSW Ambulance spokesman said one person was trapped in the wreckage.

A man was assisting police with inquiries after a 47-year-old man was taken to Orange hospital with serious injuries after he was struck by a van driving along Summer Street.

The 47-year-old was struck by a white van and sent sprawling to the kerb while returning to his parked car on Summer Street, near the corner of McNamara Street, just after 6.30pm on a Monday.

The van was travelling west along Summer Street.

He spent Monday night in hospital with serious injuries, including a broken wrist, broken finger and severe lacerations to his palm, as well as bruising to his chest and potential broken ribs.

Several bystanders leapt to the main's aid before emergency services arrived on the scene, and he was taken to hospital overnight for observation.

More coronavirus tests have been conducted in Orange than anywhere else in the Western Local Health District with more than 1100 people tested for COVID-19 since the pandemic broke out.

Until then testing data had only been available by local health district, but the NSW Government began releasing information by postcode.

In an Australian first, the heat maps pinpointed COVID-19 cases by postcode and also showed how many people had recovered from the virus, the estimated number of active cases and number of tests completed. During April 509 tests were conducted in Orange, bringing the city's total up to 1135.

In comparison, Bathurst also conducted 509 tests throughout the month of April but its overall total was 981.

In the Dubbo postcode, health authorities conducted 327 coronavirus tests during April, with the overall number now at 617.

By comparison, there have been 370 virus tests conducted in Lithgow, 181 in Mudgee, 132 in Parkes, 114 in Young, 87 in Cowra, 82 in Blayney, 82 in Forbes and 68 in Oberon.