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What’s on New Year’s eve

TIBOOBURRA will host its annual New Year’s Eve Bikekhana on Tuesday December 31 at the Showgrounds. Nominations will open at 10am with the event starting at midday, with categories including bending, barrel race, wheel stand, short circuits, sprint...

23 Dec 2024
Community

Friends united in rare sickness fight

BROKEN Hill parent Chrissy Slattery has had a challenging year to say the least, standing alongside her son Adam as he battled cancer, and now raising money for her good friend Jonnah Ortega, who was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer just...

21 Dec 2024
Broken Hill Times

We’ll be back in a jiffy

JUST a heads up but the after today’s paper, the team at the Broken Hill Times will be taking a one-week publication pause. That means there will be no paper on Friday, December 27, but we’ll resume normal publication service on Friday, January...

20 Dec 2024
Community

Rotary raffle winners revealed

LAST Saturday, December 14 Broken Hill Rotary members revealed the winners of the service club’s 2024 Christmas Raffle that included a trailer full of goodies as the grand prize. The trailer was filled to the brim with gifts and smaller items, with...

20 Dec 2024
Community

Silver City lights up

The Silver City lit up to celebrate the festive season, with houses all over town partaking in the annual light show. Pictures: Em Jensen

20 Dec 2024
News

What’s on the weekend before Christmas?

TODAYChristmas Pop-up Shop246 Blende Street, 9-5.30pm today, tomorrow & SundayLast minute Christmas pop-up shop: wreaths, resin boards, earrings, pamper boxes and lots of stocking fillers!Triple Fried LiveBroken Hill Pub, 8pmMildura band Triple...

19 Dec 2024
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Community

Santas brekky draws big crowd

SANTA’S Annual Breakfast with the kids of Broken Hill has drawn a large crowd with help from his friends at the Y’s Men’s Club. The annual get-together has been going since 1982, with the club’s Christmas coordinator, Simeon Kloczko, saying the...

19 Dec 2024
News

Still a chance to have photo with Santa

SANTA Claus has come to town and is spending a lot of time at Westside Plaza having his photo taken with those on two legs and those on four. The free Santa photos have been running since the start of December with photographer Kieran Nash capturing...

17 Dec 2024
News

Betty celebrates 100th

BETTY Day will celebrate her hundredth birthday on December 17, and despite insisting a fuss needn’t be made, her family are excited to celebrate with her over lunch at the St Anne’s Nursing Home. Ms Day was born in Broken Hill Hospital in 1924, and...

15 Dec 2024
Community

Volunteer grants applications open

FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton’s office is now accepting EOI for its 2024-25 Volunteer Grants, open to community originations in the Parkes electorate to aid volunteers. The grants are open to all volunteer originations and cover amounts...

15 Dec 2024
Community

Quilters patch up event

THE Silver City Quilters, a social group some 40-years old, is preparing for its next event after a successful Biennial Exhibition. The group, which has around 50 members, is a social community for anyone passionate about quilting and patchwork, no...

14 Dec 2024
Health

Kiosk funds purchase of equipment

BROKEN Hill Hospital’s Kiosk Auxiliary volunteers have donated $161,313.30 to the hospital and Far West Local Health District to purchase much-needed medical equipment. The money was donated earlier this year and has funded the...

14 Dec 2024
Community

Church of Christ’s 134th anniversary

ON Saturday, December 14, Broken Hill’s Church of Christ will have its 134 anniversary. The milestone will be celebrated on Sunday, December 15, with a guest speaker from the NSW Conference of the Churches of Christ and a morning...

13 Dec 2024
News

Christmas carols hit right note

The Silver City’s annual carols extravaganza saw hundreds of residents gather in Sturt Park on Sunday to picnic in the twilight while listening to performances of festive tunes celebrating the spirit of Christmas

13 Dec 2024
Community

Cake effort wheely good

MEALS on Wheels clients have received their annual Christmas cakes thanks to the Broken Hill Cake Decorators and the Broken Hill Rotary Club. The tradition which started in 1983 saw the cake decorators volunteer their time to make the Christmas...

13 Dec 2024
Community

Heat was on Christmas Pageant

FORTY FOUR floats took part in Broken Hill’s annual Christmas Pageant on Saturday evening. Hundreds of residents braved the 36 degree heat to watch the Argent Street parade, before wandering down to Sturt Park for the twilight market and more...

13 Dec 2024
Community

Christmas cheer for Harold Williams Home seniors

SOUTHERN Cross Care’s Harold Williams Home held its Christmas celebrations on December 5 for residents and their families. Residential manager Renee Sullivan said the residents had a wonderful time coming together to celebrate Christmas as...

12 Dec 2024