Local News

AGL Macquarie has been fined for alleged excessive dust emissions at the Liddell Power Station at Muswellbrook.  The NSW Environment Protection Authority has fined the energy giant $15,000 for the alleged excessive...

There is one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Hunter New England Health District (HNED). NSW Health has confirmed in the last reporting period up until 8 o'clock last night,...

Rangers Jessica Mothobi and Mike Larsen with Project Engineer Samuel Walker. Work has started on the state-of-the-art animal management facility at Singleton. Council said construction is well underway on the $1.415 million...

A man's death at Cessnock is being treated as suspicious. Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) officers say they were called to the tip on Old Maitland Road at around 5 o'clock...

GeoScience Australia has recorded two earthquakes in Muswellbrook over the weekend.  The first was on Friday night just after 7:15pm measuring 2.5 magnitude on the Richter Scale.  It was recorded just outside...

More than 300 wild dogs have been removed in the Upper Hunter.  Hunter Local Land Service's (HLLS) Professional Wild Dog Controller Program launched just under three years ago in response to...

A driver has been killed in a single-vehicle crash in the Hunter Valley.  Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) officers say that at about 2.20am, Sunday 5 July 2020, emergency services were called...

A man is in hospital after a domestic-related stabbing in Muswellbrook overnight.  Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) officers say that at about 12:30am a 22-year-old man and a 17-year-old were at...

It's Scone Race Club's turn for a funding boost from the NSW Government.  Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen made the announcement that the club will receive $150,000 under the NSW Government’s Infrastructure...