Caitlin Furlong

A man has died after the crop dusting aircraft he was in crashed into a paddock near Bourke in western New South Wales.

A 73-year-old man has been sentenced to two community corrections orders for negligently operating a boat causing the death of two girls near Tamworth late last year.

A father whose daughter died in a Lake Keepit boat crash last year tells a court the pain of her death is a hurt he has to live with every day, which he would not wish on anyone.

Police say the girls were being towed behind a boat on an inflatable when they died in the crash at Lake Keepit in December 2022.

The judge accepted Darren Willis's neighbour in Bingara, Bruce Coss, did not kill him despite reports the pair had a "sometimes difficult relationship".

The family of Gomeroi teenager Mark Haines, whose body was found on train tracks eight kilometres south of Tamworth in 1988, hope to finally receive some answers after a fresh inquest into his death is announced.

Tiggy takes home a trophy for co-writing Song of the Year — Star of the Show — with her parents Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley, and friend Dan Biederman.

A woman in her 60s has died after her car crashed into a tree this morning.

Residents across NSW are being warned thunderstorms forecast for Sunday could dump up to 150 millimetres of rain and cause further riverine and flash flooding. 

Several people have been rescued from flooded vehicles in western NSW and heavy downpours are forecast to continue pounding rain-soaked regions along the coast overnight.

A man has died after his car rolled while being pursued by police near Gunnedah in north-west New South Wales.

On the hot and expansive plains of outback NSW, a special search is underway to uncover unique prehistoric remains.

The SES says if residents in risk areas have not evacuated before 6pm they may be cut off by floodwaters and it may be too dangerous for emergency crews to reach them.

Police say a body has been recovered from the Gwydir River by searchers looking for Gomeroi man Gordon Copeland.

Organisers of the ABCRA Rodeo Roundup event in Tamworth say 62-year-old Bruce Green was a 'diamond in the rough' who gave selflessly to his family and friends.

They've survived drought and fire. Now the rare pink slugs on Mount Kaputar near Narrabri in North West New South Wales are emerging again, thanks to recent downpours.

Residents in the tiny NSW community of Wytaliba say council delays have left them sheltering in tents as heavy rain batters the community and further damages their land.

A Moree farming kid turned finance student, is taking the voices of young people to senior politicians.

The Australian country music industry welcomes the prospect of a live awards show in Tamworth in January, with the 2021 Golden Guitars ceremony set to go ahead despite the cancellation of the annual Tamworth festival.

Property prices in parts of regional NSW are exploding and vacancy rates shrinking thanks to Sydney workers opting for a tree or sea change, but it's having a knock-on effect.

Farmers are dismayed and action groups are vowing to fight on as NSW authorities approve the controversial Narrabri gas project, but others are celebrating the potential benefits.

With the safety risks simply too great and major sponsors pulling out, Tamworth has made the tough but unavoidable decision to call off next year's Country Music Festival.

Hundreds of students facing the prospect of spending their school holidays at boarding school have had a reprieve, with Queensland Health backflipping to allow boarders to return home to NSW without having to quarantine on re-entry.

Farming families from across New England and the NSW north-west are taking to social media to plead with the Queensland Government to allow their children at boarding school to return home for the holidays.

Tamworth Regional Councillors will consider cancelling the 2021 Tamworth Country Music Festival.