NSW National Parks and NSW Police have teamed up to encourage anyone heading into the bush in the coming summer holidays to Think Before You TREK. Take a look at some tips to keep you and your family safe while when you go walking.

More families have been forced to flee their homes as the Lachlan rises beyond record levels.

Pharmacists have been handed more scope to prescribe medications and administer vaccinations under a state government bid to relieve pressure on GPs, but the doctors aren't having it.

Catholic and independent school staff across the state say their employers have been 'dragging the chain' on wage discussions.

The Castlereagh Highway heading south to Coonamble is open but weekend rainfall has increased the flood burden on farmers.

Will new plans aimed at students doctors help stem the loss of GPs in the west?

Nyngan Show Society has celebrated their ongoing efforts by inviting their volunteers to dinner.

As businesses of all sizes grapple with staff and housing shortages, big businesses have backed a regional focus.

The level of several illicit drugs detected in regional sewage has fallen - apart from heroin and methamphetamines.

The senior men's swimming club in Cobar have notched up 50 years (plus one) and filled a whole weekend with celebration.

The bare facts of the current teacher shortage are hitting home.

Repeated river rises and ongoing inundation is wearing thin in so many ways.

Alert issued by Bureau of Meteorology

Essential workers and certain single parents are among those tagged to join the government's new shared equity scheme while a plan to switch out stamp duty for land tax is also on the table.

At 11am today Australians paused for a minute to show respect for Remembrance Day.

More dam releases and predicted rainfall are expected to push river levels past the highest ever recorded at Condobolin.

A combination of optimism, persistence and science is expected to triumph for the coming season's cotton crop.

A lone runner is passing through the Western Plains this week on a life-changing journey.

Western communities do not have the options of their eastern cousins but every little effort still counts.

After a vehicle was found 100metres off the road in thick forest the SES crew and Coonabarabran Rescue Squad conducted a search.