A very rural sleigh 😎 Santa gives out lollies around Wee Waa on the back of the Schwager family's truck. 📷 Sarah Schwager

Tamworth chemists, supermarkets and general stores have already sold out of RATs - receiving hundreds of calls this morning. Chemists told the ABC wholesalers have no confirmed date on resupply, with many on backorder.

One of my favourites so far

From when I did this story (below) in 2019 to now: Tenterfield Showgirls Competition now renamed 'Young Woman of the Year' for the first time in its 50 years.🐏 👠 abc.net.au/news/rural/201…

#BREAKING It's official, the 50th Tamworth Country Music Festival Tamworth Country Music Festival has been postponed until April. Mayor Russell Webb says the #COVID19 outbreak in NSW is changing too quickly to guarantee a safe event.

BREAKING: 12 local farmers will fill land previously slated for an open cut coal mine with sheep, cattle and crops. abc.net.au/news/2022-01-1…

The proposed expansion of another Whitehaven Coal mine in north-west NSW will go before independent planning authorities. The Planning Department found it would make a "very small contribution" to the #ClimateCrisis abc.net.au/news/2022-01-2… ABC Rural Kemii

Australia's Local Hero for 2022 is Shanna Whan - a product of the mighty north-west of NSW, and a 10/10 trailblazer! @SITC_CEO_Shanna #aoty2022

#BREAKING Natasha Darcy has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering her partner Mathew Dunbar at his Walcha farm in 2017. ABC News abc.net.au/news/2022-02-2…

A man has died in a head on crash on the Kamilaroi Highway near Gunnedah this morning. Highway closed in both directions - traffic is being diverted between the two towns via Mullaley.

Tamworth councillors want to see the hitherto secret business case for the proposed new Dungowan Dam, which could cost more than half a billion dollars. But Mr Joyce says he just "wants the thing built." #auspol @KristyReading abc.net.au/news/2022-03-2…

Researchers have counted 20 frontier massacres in the region, and say they've only "scratched the surface." abc.net.au/news/2022-03-2…

NSW planning authorities have approved the expansion of a coal mine in north-west NSW that has been described as one of the country's most "gassy" Patrick Bell abc.net.au/news/2022-04-0…