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Insectivorous bats are tiny, quiet and worth about $63 million to the cotton industry. A study of the creatures, some of which are under threat, has been expanded in NSW.

Clinton Beau Wrigley is accused of killing 59-year-old Nyngan farmer Joel Carter in January last year. He has also pleaded not guilty to theft and arson charges.

The mayor of a NSW town which has had five of its six inpatient hospital beds closed for a year says residents are being sent to even smaller towns for medical care.

NSW farmers who own land with river, lake, and estuary frontage have historically had unlimited access to water for livestock and domestic consumption, but their right to the resource is under review.

From June 30, vulnerable NSW communities are losing legal outreach support for women experiencing domestic and sexual violence.

More than 400 people, driving cars worth less than $1,500, will drive from Newcastle in New South Wales to Townsville in north Queensland to raise funds for the Cancer Council. 

A mayor in western New South Wales says his town is "in limbo" after the budget for a water security project blew out by $4.7 million.

The country town of Nyngan still hasn’t recovered from last year’s floods, but they’re already facing the prospect of impending drought. Plans to drought-proof the region have failed, with one government project stuck in indefinite limbo due to a 4 million dollar blowout. The state government has not committed to fund the rest of the project, leading locals to fear for the future of their water security.

Clinton Beau Wrigley, 38, made his first appearance in court today over the alleged murder of farmer Joel Carter who died of traumatic head injuries and his body found on a rural property near Nyngan in January.

Former Trangie resident Anthony Lees keeps the NSW town fuelled up after its only service station closed its doors in December.

The largest and longest flood response operation on record from the New South Wales State Emergency Service has today come to a welcome end.

Hot and windy conditions add to firefighters' struggles as fire spreads in rugged terrain near Bathurst, with more than 3,100 hectares burnt since Sunday.

While one fire has been downgraded from emergency level, the heightened risk is expected to remain this evening for a fire that has burnt through 635ha near Bathurst.

Farmers on a system of creeks in the Macquarie Valley say a proposal in the region's draft water strategy could endanger an important and overlooked wetland hosting a diverse range of wildlife.

To celebrate 140 years of Nyngan Railway Station, locals have created a recipe book harking back to the days when pig's head soup was mouth-watering feast.

Flooding across inland New South Wales is delaying harvest, but farmers and landholders have a new concern as dry, windy days parch the countryside.

The days are warmer but persistent flooding, endless bogging and even feral pigs are conspiring to slow an already delayed harvest to a crawl.

Two MPs from the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party say they will quit the party if leader Robert Borsak doesn't leave politics, saying they've tried to give him feedback but it's "like water off a duck's back."

There are fears roads in the NSW flood zone could be closed or barely passable for months, as the approaching harvest sends heavy trucks to test already fragile infrastructure.

Hermidale Public's motto is "reach for the stars", but at the moment these youngsters are just waiting for a break in the rain so their wheat crop can be harvested.

The SES has warned a drier forecast has not alleviated the danger of floodwaters as rain causes flash flooding and significant river rises in western NSW.

Evacuation orders are issued in parts of New South Wales, dozens of people are rescued from floodwaters, and the SES fields hundreds of calls for help after wild weather hits already flooded parts of the state.

SES crew in Nyngan, north-west of Dubbo, assisting with resupply operations to rural properties.

A month's worth of rain is set to hit parts of already-saturated NSW in just a few days as two wet weather systems move across the state, bringing heightened risk of flash flooding and renewed river rises. 

The Bureau of Meteorology briefs the SES as it prepares for another week of concerning conditions with much of the state's west already impacted by floods as rain falls on already full catchments and rivers.