Local News

There will be plenty of celebrating after the Scone Polo team took out the Cartier Queen's Cup.  The prestigious event at Guards Polo Club in Windsor, England was held overnight and was...

Upper Hunter preschools are set to benefit from additional drought support. Last week Upper Hunter MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture Michael Johnsen announced that the NSW Government would be injecting...

The NSW Government announced more than $350 million of additional drought funding.  But what is all of that money for? Well, the funding includes $150 million for on-farm Emergency Drought Relief that...

Police are reappealing for information on those who destroyed gravestones at Singleton.  Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) Officers have been told that on Friday 31st May a vehicle was seen parked...

Rural Crime investigators are urging for any information from the public on missing thoroughbred 'Gav'. The 8-year-old chesnut gelding was stolen from a Whittingham property (via Singleton) between 11:30pm on June...

Rix's Creek mine near Singleton has gotten approval to extend their mining just in time.  The Bloomfield Group was seeking to extend the Rix's Creek South Mine's 21-year approval period for coal...

Liddell Coal Operations has been hit with a fine after sediment laden water ended up in a local waterway last year. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) said in November last...

The $12 million Willow Tree to Merriwa Road upgrade will be done by September, weather permitting. The joint project between Upper Hunter Shire Council and the Liverpool Plains Shire Council will...

There has been a case of Hendra virus confirmed in the Upper Hunter.  The horse, which was unvaccinated, developed neurological signs of the virus on Friday 7 June on a property...

A man has been charged after an altercation at a Bengalla Hunter Valley Group 21 game that left another man in hospital.  At a game between the Denman Devils and the Murrurundi...