Photo gallery and results from the 2023 Shag Gregory Memorial Poker Run, Hay, NSW

Libby Eason, Margaret Tighe and Mick Beckwith were presented with certificates by Member for Murray Helen Dalton last week.

The future of Landcare funding in NSW is uncertain, in the lead up to the March 25 state election.

The sun shone brightly in Hay as the inaugural Hayland Gathering showcased everything that is great about Scottish Culture and the local community.

Hay Shire Council voted to uphold the approved Murrumbidgee River Masterplan at last Tuesday’s Council meeting, despite objections from a number of residents.

Wayne Gardam’s Hay Veterinary Clinic was crowned 2023 Business of the Year at the gala awards night held on Friday evening.

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Nari Nari Tribal Council (NNTC) and NSW Government have signed a historic agreement which secures the permanent protection and sustainable management of more than 55,000 hectares of land at Gayini under the ownership and stewardship of its traditional custodians.

After another sucessful Jerilderie Working Dog Auction lot 16 ‘Bart’ took the honours for highest sale price of $22,500. Pictured is (back row from left) Elders’ Nick Gray, breeder Brad Pellow, Elders’ James Kennedy and event organiser Warwick Doolan. Front row: Jaxx McBride and handler Joe Pellow.

Westpac's former staff gathered to witness the closing of the Hay branch.

The 2023 Hay is Hiring campaign launches today

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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.