Hay’s first baby for 2022 is Chloe Grace, born

on January 20.

After two years without a show, 2022 will see the return of this annual event to the Hay community calendar.

Phyllis Jones is a true leader and loves what she does.

This has earned her the Hay Citizen of the Year Award for 2022.

Hard work and a focus on her future career have earned Zoe

Books this year’s Auscott Education Program Scholarship.

The new Hay Shire Council received some advice from the top at its first meeting last week, with General Manager David Webb cautioning councillors they need to look out the front on the road, and not in the rear vision mirror.

Spoonbills, ibis, egrets and herons are converging on the Great Cumbung Swamp for what promises to be a bumper breeding season.

Following an application for a recount of the ballot, the eight successful candidates in the Hay Shire Council election have been declared.

The new council for Hay Shire has been elected.

They are, in order of the ballot paper, Martyn Quinn, Jenny Dwyer, Peter Handford, Paul Porter, Carol Oataway, Peter Dwyer, Lionel Garner and Geoff Chapman.

River level to peak at Hay next week

Sam Harrison is pictured during the recent practical firearms workshop for women on the land, hosted by Hay Gun Club and Hay Plains Landcare.

Hay Visitor Information Centre staff are again welcoming an increase in visitors each day.

Gemma Tassell was sashed Hay Show 2021 Showgirl on the weekend.

Giselle Gill is our Young Journalist of the Year for St Mary’s School and visited the Grazier office last week for her 60 minutes in the Editor’s chair.

An incredible mosaic sign for Hay Public School’s new ‘rain garden’ will be unveiled today.

Former AFL coach and player Kevin Sheedy AO has been secured as guest speaker for the Hay Business Awards next year.