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The debate over the raising of the Wyangala Dam wall continues to rage as the NSW Government promotes its commitment to the delivery of the Final Business Case. The Final Business Case is on track to be submitted for review in the first half of 2023.

Booligal resident Bill Sheaffe describes the move as “an expensive exercise in environmental vandalism.”

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An alteration to Hay’s River Master Plan will be the subject of a Council report at its February meeting next week at the behest of a group of the town’s river users.

They are objecting to Section 9 of the Master Plan which lists the removal of the road at the beach.

Iconic Australian rock band Rouge Traders has been secured to headline the Friday night concert at the 2023 Rainbow on the Plains Festival, scheduled for November.

Dimity Comb of Speckle Park will offer 30 bulls, 30 females, recipient cows and embryo packages at the stud’s inaugural sale in March.

The historic Highway Inn is once again up for sale.

Listed by selling agent Paul Murphy of LJ Hooker, the Highway Inn has a chequered sales past.

In less than 48 hours, a blatant, audacious motorcycle theft has reached a pleasing outcome.

Les and Trish Lewis, of Les’s Mobile Repairs, a business that has been a fixture in Hay for decades, experienced a theft when a motorcycle brought in to be serviced vanished in broad daylight.

Quietly spoken John Vagg is pioneering a bloodline of poll

goats, using decades of observation and trials to produce animals

that consistently out perform their horned counterparts.

A Country Universities Centre has been mooted for Hay.

Hay Shire Council General Manager, David Webb said this could well be a possibility in the not-too-distant future.

Carol Bunyan’s interest in Hay’s history and museums led to her ongoing Dunera research which has earnt her an OAM.

Tirelessly dedicated Jane Griffiths is Hay’s 2023 Citizen of the Year.

Wendy Aves has been an Ivanhoe local since birth, and the pride and love she has for her town is evident.

She has recently hit the milestone of raising $20,000 for cancer sufferers.

Chinese clothing manufacturer Smart Shirts Ltd has purchased Gundaline Station, Carrathool, from Dutch company Optifarm, in a deal worth $120 million, as Sentaor Perin Davey calls for transparency over the sale.

Dyson Group is looking for school bus drivers, and in the company’s small-knit, happy and friendly community

A 3-bin system is expected to be introduced in Hay Shire by July 2024 to replace the current weekly single bin collection.

The Land newspaper has released its annual Top 25 Merino ram sale average in NSW for 2022, with Woodpark Poll snatching 8th position on the list.

Hay farewells school principals Lindy Stewart and Vince Campbell.

To follow on from their native garden project, Booligal Public School has been exploring Aboriginal culture and the country that connects to the students and their homes; Ngiyampaa Country, with the help of Elder Uncle Roy Kennedy

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Kimberly Grabham, The Riverine Grazier’s cadet journalist is raising funds to support the National Bullying Prevention Week appeal.

The family reunion last month in Hay brought together four generations of Japps, many of whom haven’t seen each other for over 40 years.