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Forestry jobs under threat

HOPES for a timber processing plant at Kyogle hang in the balance with Forest Enterprise Australia in a trading halt as it struggles to refinance its debt.
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Graffiti vandals deface Big Prawn

THE languishing, now defunct Big Prawn at Ballina has been targeted by graffiti vandals.
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Three dead as Premier snubs invite

IN THE 40 days since four North Coast mayors invited Premier Kristina Keneally to inspect the Pacific Highway, three more people have died in accidents.
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Nimbin takes fight to Obama

IF PRESIDENT Obama can't come to Nimbin, then Nimbin will fire up the Kombis and head to him.
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0.02 drink-drive limit proposed

QUEENSLANDERS may be restricted to sober driving if a discussion paper to lower the drink-driving limit is backed.

Man facing charges of assault

A NORTHERN Rivers man facing 12 charges of indecent and sexual assault is alleged to have impregnated a teenager three times, the Lismore District Court heard.

North Coast on cyclone watch

NORTHERN NSW may be spared the worst of Cyclone Ului, currently 1450km off the Queensland coast, when it begins to track south in the next 36 hours.

Input into price of medical care

A REGIONAL representative must sit on the committee setting the price of medical procedures under the Federal Government's proposed case-mix model.

Creditors give co-gen an extension

NSW Sugar Milling Co-operative's joint co-generation venture was yesterday handed a financial lifeline in the form of a time extension from creditors.

Anti-Woolworths group dares poll

THE debate continues: Does Mullumbimby want a Woolworths store?