
An alert dog helped to stop a suspicious boat fire in Albury spreading to homes.
The cabin cruiser exploded into flames in the middle of the night - while parked in the owner's driveway.

A Tumbarumba man who's revolutionised wild dog control in our region is sharing his secrets with farmers right around Australia.
Mark Goldspink has stopped wild dogs from killing stock around Tumba for eight years straight.

A teenage boy who fell 40 metres down a cliff, and survived, says he'd climb it again.
Michael Muller says it was God who saved him.

A brand new bunch of animals on bikes are gracing our streets from Molong to Dubbo.
There's now more than 100 of these quirky contraptions out and about and they're settling into life out here pretty well.

A supermarket chain says an idea that's supposed to help problem drinkers is too hard and too expensive. One country town wants card identification scanners installed so staff at licensed venues know whether or not a person's allowed to buy alcohol.
February 15, 11:00 pm
A painting done by a cat in Wagga, southern NSW, has sold for $970.
Local abandoned cats are making a mark for themselves in what experts call "non-primate art".

Starlings have been causing headaches in Dubbo for years.
There's thousands of them.
Soon there'll be a few thousand less.

Thieves have stolen $27,000 worth of sheep in Wangaratta.
The sheep belonged to a water authority, so effectively, it's taxpayers who'll foot the bill.

A musical grandmother, whose percussion talents threw her into the spotlight 4 years ago, is back. Deb "Spoons" Perry has taken her talent of playing the utensils to amazing heights and now teaches others her tricks.
February 14, 11:00 pm
You've probably heard of the God Squad - and now there's a river version.
The Cod Squad is mapping our waterways to see how to make better habitats for one of our most famous - and sometimes elusive - fish.

A group of adventurers has just finished its toughest challenge yet: trekking through the Kimberley for a month. The women think they've broken a world record, but a little more research has to be done before that can be confirmed.
February 14, 11:00 pm
Remember that injured sea eagle that we told you about a few weeks ago, rescued from Lake Hume and given to wildlife carers?
Well there's a happy ending to the story, as Helen Ballard reports.

Aside from being home to a number of the country's vast resource projects, the Pilbara has possibly the richest collection of Aboriginal Rock Art in the world.
One site's already on the National Heritage List, and could soon be on the World Heritage List.

You're about to meet a barber with more experience than most.
Cecil Titheradge, from Peak Hill in central NSW, has clocked up 78 years in the profession and at 92, is still going strong.

The recent rain's brought another problem for residents.
Cane toads are out in abundance so last night one town held their first cane toad muster of the year.
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