Armidale - 2350

Palaeontologists have used CT scanners to recreate a trilobite preserved in volcanic ash

Scientists were taught that they would never find fossils in volcanic rock but a recent discovery shows the complete opposite.

Fiona Simson was first elected to the board last year, and was elevated to vice-president during a general assembly meeting in Rome this week. 

Corey Selby was shot dead by police at Tenterfield in 2023. An inquest into his death has heard of his tragic past and the "missed opportunity" to get him the mental health support he needed.

A police officer tells an inquest she wishes the family of a man shot dead by police in Tenterfield in 2023 had not seen the aftermath of the incident.

Eleanor Beidatsch is used to overcoming the odds, but even she thought a career in palaeontology would be a bridge too far.

For many women experiencing domestic and family violence, health checks can be difficult to attend but this critical gap is being tackled by three refuges on the NSW Central Coast.

An animal sanctuary in Armidale, Northern NSW says Maremma sheepdogs are being surrendered at an alarming rate because people think they're adopting a small cute puppy, not the fierce herding animal they actually are.

An animal sanctuary is receiving up to five phone calls a day from dog owners asking, "Can you take my Maremma?" as they find the bundles of fluff become large dogs needing lots of room and discipline.

Leonard Gardiner, now in his 80s, has been taken into custody after a jury returned two guilty verdicts on Monday afternoon. 

Leonard Gardiner has denied all charges from his time as a teacher at The Armidale School in the 1960s.

Barnaby Joyce's 2016 decision to move Australia's pesticides regulator to regional NSW "caused massive chaos and disruption", according to Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, who has decided to ignore calls to move it back to Canberra.

Graziers are hoping an east coast low dumping rain across NSW will spur a last minute burst of pasture growth for producers offloading stock, and crops will be boosted — if there's enough sunshine in coming weeks.

Convicted sex offender Peter Cullen Macarthur was part of the peak body that investigated a Cranbrook teacher who was accused of sending sexually explicit emails to a former student.

Police allege a country officer had 19 cans of capsicum spray, four police-issued batons and almost 500 rounds of live pistol and simulation ammunition at his northern NSW home.

Crime data extracted by the ABC shows big spikes in arson offences across New South Wales, with some regional areas reporting rates up to eight times the state average.

When scientists discovered seven baby Bell's turtles in a batch of six incubated eggs in the NSW Northern Tablelands recently, they were initially stumped.

Two men and a woman have died in a head-on collision at Armidale in northern New South Wales. Another woman is in a critical condition, while a two-year-old boy in under observation in hospital.

Thousands of Australians who collectively lost millions of dollars to failed funeral insurer Youpla could now get some of their money back, under a newly announced government scheme.

The current heatwave is set to see the warmest temperature recorded in NSW since 2020, before a southerly buster brings relief.

A severe heatwave coming from the west will bring the hottest weather in four years to parts of New South Wales this week.

After a lifelong fascination with dinosaurs, PhD candidate Nathan Enriquez spends three weeks in the remote Gobi Desert retrieving the remains of the long-necked Nemegtosaurus.

The ABC Radio news theme, performed by an ensemble of recorder players.

The unsung hero of the baroque world, and the bane of parents across the country, has a welcoming home at the Australasian Recorder Festival this week.

A swim-club program in the regional town of Armidale in NSW is helping migrants settle into their new surroundings in a unique way.