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Music festivals and other major events are great for regional economies, but the influx of tourists can push locals experiencing homelessness out into the cold.

Singer-songwriter Shane Nicholson was the big winner at the 50th Golden Guitar Awards in Tamworth, taking out four top categories including album of the year.

As Tamworth celebrates its 50th country music festival, the late Slim Dusty still holds the joint record for 38 Golden Guitars. But it was his wife Joy McKean who won the very first award in 1973 for writing one of his most iconic songs.

Yumna Kassab’s Australiana: A Novel is mostly set in an unnamed regional town, likely Tamworth, in northern NSW and in other nearby locations like Barraba, Uralla and the Pilliga. It tells of the lives of ordinary people, their relationships with the land and homes in which they dwell, the objects…

Emerging artist Erika Sorby opens her show, Women and Wine, at Blackstone Gallery this weekend. The exhibit presents a series of original, contemporary oil paintings that encompasses female sensuality, flattering decor and wine. The exhibition launch is from 3 to 6pm on Saturday, April 9. The show features about 50…

Regional areas are suffering from a lack of providers for people with complex disabilities while behavioural therapists are also ‘swamped’

Tamworth councillors, including two former Nationals heavyweights, want more detail on the proposed new Dungowan Dam, but Barnaby Joyce says he just wants the project built.

The campus has been planned for almost 10 years, but some are now concerned about its potential to affect Armidale's population.

Time to deplete that annual leave.