Sarah McConnell

Landholders in eastern parts of the country are still in shock after ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily caused a year's worth of rain to fall in just two days, drenching their properties.

As its new school year is set to begin, plans are being drawn up to cater for students and staff who cannot enter grounds which may be beyond salvation.

Hundreds of students and staff from a regional public high school will be relocated for the beginning of Term 1 next week due to mould detection in multiple buildings.

This 64-year-old outback man recently had skin cancer removed from the top of his head.  It is one of hundreds he has had after a youth spent in the sun. 

People in far west New South Wales have been without power for more than two days after extreme weather. After several delays accessing the damaged site, crews are hopeful services will be restored later today.

Police say two train workers have died and the Barrier Highway is closed in both directions after a crash between a train and truck in Bindarrah.

Farmers in far west NSW had made the "heartbreaking" decision to sell their livestock before a change in the weather gave them a far more positive outlook. 

Receiving 50 millimetres of welcome rain in 30 minutes the Packsaddle Roadhouse, 170km north of Broken Hill, had to quickly batten down the hatches, in stark contrast with residents bracing themselves for the inevitable summer months.

Retired mine worker Trevor Barry, who has been observing Saturn from his own backyard with the observatory he built himself, is only the second Australian to win the highest possible accolade for amateur astronomy.

A regional animal rescue group based in Broken Hill is facing the possibility of reducing its services or stopping them altogether due to a lack of volunteers.

Tens of thousands of carp have been fished out of the river near Menindee in an effort to help native fish stocks recover.

After being on the market for close to 12 months, Broken Hill's Bells Milk Bar has new owners. The couple came across the business during a brief visit to far west from the Gold Coast for Mundi Mundi Bash and fell in love with the region.

The New South Wales Environmental Protection Authority has announced it will investigate last month's Menindee fish kills as a pollution incident.

Broken Hill City Council is making progress on its promise to replace each of the far west city's entrance signs. Staff hope the first sign will be replaced within a couple of months.

Following the ecological disaster of the Menindee fish kills, an inquiry timeline has been announced. NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe said the investigation could be underway in a matter of weeks.

The Department of Primary Industries sends investigators to Menindee, in far west NSW, after hundreds of thousands of dead fish are found in the Darling River.

When Abbie Kelly started making little packs of rainbow beads for LGBT kids and their friends to thread on their shoelaces, she had no idea it would catch the imagination of people all over the world.

Broken Hill residents have been dealing with discoloured tap water with occasional "floating particles" for weeks. The supplier insists it meets drinking standards, but one local isn't so sure.

After being medically discharged from the Air Force, William Burnett struggled with suicidal thoughts. To help fellow veterans who are suffering, he is running across the country.

As regions across eastern Australia prepare for flooding, heavy rainfall has been welcome for some outback communities in far west NSW.

Struggling to keep their doors open for Mother's Day, far west hospitality venues say they are running on bare minimum staffing numbers as COVID impacts their operations.

Far West graziers say an enormous land acquisition by the NSW government is turfing out generations of families who have called the land home.

Water is being released down the Darling-Anabranch in Far West New South Wales today for the first time since 2017.

The Broken Hill community continues to push for the reinstallation of a 40kph speed zone at a local pre-school, despite new safety signs and infrastructure set be placed near the site.

A two-seater light aircraft has been quietly flying around regional South Australia seeking world records and pioneering new heights in world aviation.