Newcomers Where's Jimmy go faster, harder They are cut from the same cloth as AC/DC and Midnight Oil Newcastle Herald · May 5, 2023
Central West NSW First Nations leaders rally behind Voice to Parliament Indigenous elders and leaders from western New South Wales have rallied behind the "yes" vote at a parliamentary committee hearing in Orange. ABC News · Apr 17, 2023
The Voice will address centuries of harm, hearing told A parliamentary committee into the Voice referendum is hearing from Indigenous communities in rural New South Wales. The New Daily · Apr 17, 2023
'Our path is your path', voice supporters tell inquiry A parliamentary committee into the voice referendum has heard from Indigenous communities in rural NSW ahead of the national vote later in the year. AAP · Apr 17, 2023
Florida high school student club’s ‘drag & donuts’ event canceled after criticism by board member, state leaders ORLANDO, Fla. — A Boone High School LGBTQ student club’s plans for a “drag & donuts” meeting after school Thursday was canceled after criticism from a conservative member of the Orange County School Board and Florida’s Education Commissioner. Orlando Sentinel · Mar 22, 2023
Community-led rainwater testing near Orange finds one in three tanks have unsafe lead levels NSW Health is retesting water after residents raised concerns about elevated traces of heavy metals, which they worry is linked to Cadia goldmine The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2023
Weston's Criterion Hotel sells for around $8.5 million The sale follows HTL Property's recent record sale of the Robin Hood Hotel in Orange. Newcastle Herald · Mar 8, 2023
NSW Health to test for heavy metal contamination in private rainwater tanks near regional goldmine Newcrest Mining says reports of heavy metal contamination do not match its monitoring data from Cadia goldmine near Orange The Guardian - AU · Mar 6, 2023
NSW Minister intervenes in lease spat between Orange's local health district and volunteer-run O'Brien Centre Mental Health Minister Bronnie Taylor has "directed" the Western NSW Local Health District to enter mediation with the 23-year-old, volunteer-run O'Brien Centre over a lease agreement. ABC News · Mar 2, 2023
BOM issues weather warnings in NSW as severe storm causes flash flooding in Central West Heavy storms have dropped hail and significant amounts of rain in parts of the state, flooding roads, parks and threatening homes. ABC News · Feb 21, 2023
Family's touching tribute to bricklayer who 'put everyone's best interests before his own' Patrick Prevett is the second man to have slipped and died at Gibraltar Falls in the space of one week The Canberra Times · Feb 21, 2023
Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party announce candidate hoping to retain Central West NSW seat The Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party hope to hold onto the NSW seat of Orange in upcoming election, announcing a candidate who has backed away from past social media posts. ABC News · Feb 10, 2023
Body of Southern California lawyer back in US from Mexico, private autopsy planned The body of Orange County, California, deputy public defender Elliot Blair, who died mysteriously Jan. 14 in Mexico, crossed the border from Baja California to the United States on Monday afternoon. The Orange County Register · Jan 30, 2023
Firing of a Calif. school superintendent sets the stage for a conservative agenda LOS ANGELES — Madison Klovstad Miner ran for the Orange Unified school board with financial backing from conservative groups, signaling her ideology with phrases like "parent first" and "education fundamentals." Los Angeles Times · Jan 27, 2023
The Orange County Register · Jan 19, 2023 Family of California attorney disputes report that he was shooing noisy pigeons before fatal fall in Mexico The family of Orange County, California, lawyer Elliot Blair has disputed reports from Mexican authorities that he was shooing away noisy pigeons outside his Rosarito Beach hotel room just before he died in a fall early Saturday.
The Orange County Register · Jan 16, 2023 Family and friends of California deputy public defender who died in Mexico are searching for answers Family and friends of the Orange County, California, deputy public defender who died at a beachside resort in Mexico while celebrating his one-year wedding anniversary continue to search for answers.
AAP · Jan 6, 2023 Teen dies, truck explodes in NSW crashes A crash in Orange in NSW has claimed a 17-year-old boy's life while a truck carrying aerosols and mulch has exploded on a key highway.
Los Angeles Times · Dec 22, 2022 LA feds seize enough fentanyl doses to kill everyone in 7 California counties LOS ANGELES — Federal drug agents in Los Angeles have seized 38 million deadly doses of fentanyl this year — enough to kill every resident in L.A., Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, officials estimated.
ABC News · Dec 21, 2022 Boy, 12, arrested in relation to Glenroi Heights Primary School fire near Orange Police allege the fire at Glenroi Heights Public School in the NSW Central West was deliberately lit.
ABC News · Dec 11, 2022 Missing woman Esther Wallace's body found in bushland near Orange Esther Wallace, 47, was reported missing after becoming separated from a companion while walking at the Mount Canobolas State Recreation Area in the NSW central tablelands.
ABC News · Dec 9, 2022 Search to continue for missing woman Esther Wallace after clothing found at Orange, NSW Police say they are not ruling anything out in the search for missing woman Esther Wallace, including the possibility she has chosen to disappear.
AAP · Dec 9, 2022 White crochet coat found in hiker search Police have found a coat they hope may give clues into the disappearance of bushwalker Esther Wallace on a mountain trail near Orange more than a week ago.
ABC News · Dec 2, 2022 Death of man in custody at Orange Police Station prompts investigation An investigation, which will be independently reviewed, is launched after a man dies in police custody at Orange in central west New South Wales.
Fortune · Dec 1, 2022 Is polio circulating in the U.S.? The CDC will test wastewater across the country to find out: ‘It would not be surprising’ The CDC has repeatedly detected polio in wastewater from New York’s Rockland, Orange, and Sullivan counties this year, in addition to New York City and Nassau County. Now the federal health agency plans to expand its search.
ABC News · Nov 20, 2022 Newcrest's Cadia Valley gold mine fails air quality audit, resulting in expansion being put on hold Newcrest's Cadia Valley Operations near Orange will have its expansion approval put on hold after failing to meet a key condition of its production increase.