A truck caught on fire near Newrybar Sunday morning, the Rural Fire Service reported, with emergency services still on-scene ...

Reading your article about the recent fundraising lunch for men’s mental health (Echo, November 13), one statement stood out to me: ‘By the time it’s physical, it’s very hard to treat’. It’s a ...

Wear your bicycle helmet! It is the law and it is for your safety. I notice that the lax enforcement of the NSW road rules,  dominant in Byron, has now spread to Ballina. If you are caught riding ...

As the NSW Rural Fire Service marks the fifth anniversary of the tragic loss of firefighters, they are also reflecting on one ...

A new cohort of community members who advise Council around planning and policy matters were appointed to Council’s advisory ...

Newrybar-based restaurant and deli Harvest has closed its doors, with owners saying it was owing to rising operational costs, ...

A new report is highlighting what young people from a refugee or migrant background need to help them navigate a new way of ...

Yesterday morning, local time, an Avignon court found Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old man from Mazan and 50 co-accused, ...

Thursday saw Tweed Shire Council hold an extraordinary council meeting to discuss a rescission motion to rescind the motion ...

Having just seen a previous copy of The Echo we were very interested in Paul Jones’ letter criticising the new concrete path up to the lighthouse from Wategos. We’re sure he’s right –though we haven’t ...

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.

Tweed Shire councillors voted to return the Kingscliff pod site back to ‘parkland for community recreation and environmental ...