From hula to Bollywood and visual art of many cultures the Multikulcha Festival and Art Exhibition will open on Friday, 23 ...

Thanks Jeff Rake for your reply to my letter. I don’t personally know Mandy, but I know she has been writing for the Echo a ...

Mandy, ignore those bigoted crackpots who will never see the light, what is wrong and what is right. Sadly, ...

Palestinian author] Randa Abdel-Fattah was rightly removed from the Adelaide Writers Week for the following reasons: publicly stated that ‘Zionists have no claim or right to cultural safety’; posted ...

The hitchhiker’s $50 has not been claimed. So I’m opening the opportunity to all Echo readers to write a letter to the editor saying in 50 words or less what I should do with the $50. Main Arm ...

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate an elderly woman reported missing from the Ballina area. Dear editor – Do you edit? I ask because of the ...

A new paddle club was recently formed at Evans Head with a focus on enjoying the local waterways while gaining fitness and water skills. There are already 18 members, and the club is keen to attract ...

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week. Bangalow’s Byron Creek Bridge is to remain closed until at ...

Four potential ways forward for the Bangalow Bowlo to reopen have been put on the table by the Save Bangalow Bowlo Steering Committee (SBBSC), from challenging the breach of the memorandum of ...

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Another shop-top housing development has been proposed for central Mullumbimby – the fourth such application to be submitted in the past year. As residents continue ...

Sweetnam Park in Uki has been rebuilt with new facilities and is now flood‑resilient, welcoming and accessible, after being badly damaged in the February 2022 flood.