A SYDNEY man was first on the scene of a head-on collision on the Pacific Highway south of Woodburn in which a man and a woman lost their lives yesterday.

The Richmond Valley Council has knocked back an application by the River Junction Cafe and Pizzeria which would allow its patrons to drink BYO alcohol.

THE sixth Rural Community Consultation was held on Thursday night to discuss Lismore’s proposed 3.51 per cent additional rate raise.

THE HUNGER striking Cooma farmer Peter Spencer will visit the Northern Rivers next week to unveil his eight-point People Power Action Plan.

DISTRESSED police were shaking their heads as they surveyed the carnage at the double-fatality crash on the Pacific Highway at Tabbimoble yesterday.

PEAK property research group RP Data has forecast price rises of 10-15 per cent in Australia’s most expensive homes this year.

RICHMOND Valley Council mayor Col Sullivan knows first-hand what it is like to lose a family member to the notoriously deadly Pacific Highway.

AN ELDERLY Northern Rivers man who murdered his wife was yesterday found not guilty on the grounds of mental illness.

SOME of the region’s 3000 artists may soon set up shopfronts in Lismore’s CBD if a proposal to bring vibrancy and life back into the city goes ahead.

IT’S not quite a plague but rodents have been running riot around Lismore lately.

IT’S the last day of the Byron Bay Film Festival already, and soon all those great movies will be nothing more than memories.

IT’S A close call between adolescent vampires and a girl with a dragon tattoo, with an ex-convict turned Indian soul searcher following close behind.

IT’S the biggest bridal expo on the North Coast, but this year the organisers have reached new heights – a bride and groom on stilts.

WIANGAREE Lagoon has been placed on red alert after an outbreak of the potentially toxic blue-green algae.

300 caravanners will take part in the 25th NSW Association of Caravan Clubs’ 2010 State rally this weekend in Lennox Head at Lake Ainsworth Holiday Park.

WHEN Tony Stewart left the Lismore Court House after his disqualified driving hearing, he chose to drive to Coraki despite being a disqualified driver.

THE SUNSHINE Renewable Energy Company, a subsidiary of the NSW Milling Co-operative, is continuing to work with banks to avoid going into receivership.

AGEING farmers in the path of a planned power line between Tenterfield and Lismore will have their retirement plans dashed if the project goes ahead.

Two people are dead and four others have been injured in a crash on the New South Wales north coast.

A $100,000 reward is being offered for information that helps police solve the disappearance and suspected murder of Lennox Head woman Bronwyn Winfield.