A 22-year-old man is sent to prison for his involvement in a "senseless and tragic" fatal shooting during a botched robbery in Central West New South Wales in 2021.

Decades after it was last seen in the region, the threatened pookila has reappeared in the Goobang National Park, boosting hopes for the species' survival.

Citizen Jury is ABC Radio National's experiment in citizen-led democracy. The ingredients? A gnarly issue + a jury of citizens = conversations + ideas for solutions + a public event to share them. Big Ideas presenter Natasha Mitchell was in Dubbo for our first Citizen Jury. What did the locals think?

Archie McMahon and his brother Freddie convinced their parents to feed up a pen of heavy lambs, and it has paid off with a national record price.

Roger James Kilby, 40, accused Andrew John Anthoney of having child abuse material on his phone before he murdered him at his Peak Hill home in 2023.

John Norman was once lauded as the future of the farming industry. On Wednesday, the award-winning cotton grower was jailed over an $8.7 million fraud that "brought an important public water program into disrepute".

Boost to homes for retirees: A major expansion of a Dubbo retirement village is set to help alleviate some of the local housing shortages and allow dozens more residents to downsize. A sod-turning on July 16 at BaptistCare's Kintyre Living Village signalled the start of construction on the $25 million development, which will see another 40 units added to the existing 96. The majority of the units will be two- and three-bedroom homes, with residents expected to be able to move in by the end of 2026.
 

Photo: (Left to right) North Richmond Construction director Scott McKune, resident Julie O'Sullivan, BaptistCare regional manager Steve Lind, resident Malcolm Bryan, and Dubbo Mayor Josh Black mark the expansion of Kintyre Living Village. Credit: ABC Western Plains/Lily Plass
 

Gulgong gains a GP: Gulgong Medical Centre has reopened its doors after 18 months without a doctor. A new general practitioner has relocated with his family from Nelson Bay to Gulgong, while a local nurse practitioner is also set to begin. It's the result of a recruitment drive by not-for-profit Doctors 4 Mudgee, which offered a $45,000 incentive to doctors over three years with support from local businesses. Coordinator Kate Day says there have been region-wide impacts from the town's medical centre closure with nearby Mudgee practices closing their books due to demand, which then put pressure on Mudgee hospital.
 

Warren food hampers: More than 100 free food hampers have been distributed to residents in Warren as part of a new service from the Local Aboriginal Land Council. The packages contain more than $30 worth of non-perishable items and are available to all residents, including those who aren't Indigenous. It's in addition to the Warren Land Council's low cost food pantry that's run for the past year, with the free hampers supplied in partnership with a Sydney-based charity, Addi Road. Warren Land Council chief executive Jodie Redmond says these services are having a big impact on people's lives, with some residents telling her it can mean the difference between eating and not eating some days.
 

Funding for flood-damaged bridge: Dubbo Regional Council has secured $12 million to restore the flood-damaged Duke of Wellington Bridge, after nearly two years of lobbying. From its disaster recovery budget, the state and federal governments have committed to help rebuild roads approachin