Local News

Twitter There have been two motorcycle accidents in two days near Putty.  The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was called to Howes Valley on Saturday after a young rider was reported to have suffered...

Twitter Hunter Valley Local News Friday 15th February 2019 - Upper Hunter landholders are continuing to be impacted by a plague of locusts - NSW Police will be out in force this weekend coming down...

Twitter Landholders in the Upper Hunter are being urged to be on the lookout for more locusts as they prepare to breed. The first infestation reported in the region in January saw...

Twitter Drink drivers are in Hunter Valley Police District Officer's sights this weekend. NSW Police have put Operation Drink Drive 1 into force from midnight Thursday until 11:59pm this Sunday, 17 February.  During...

Twitter Susie George, Regional Manager for TAFE NSW, Northern Region and Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen turning the sod at the Scone CLC. There will soon be three TAFE Connected Learning Centre’s (CLC)...

Twitter Hunter Valley Local News Thursday 14th February 2019 - The TAFE Connected Learning Centre in Singleton is now officially open - A man is behind bars after he allegedly stalked and raped...

Twitter Another $350 million has been poured into the NSW Government's Farm Innovation Fund.  The NSW Government says that so far the fund has helped more than 1700 farmers across the State drought-proof...

Twitter Hunter Valley Local News Wednesday 13th February 2019 - The Upper Hunter has been shrouded in a cloud of dust and cloud today as a dust storm tracks towards the coast - The NSW...

Twitter A "home-made" pistol was among a number of suspicious items found by police during a vehicle stop at Muswellbrook. Hunter Valley Police District officers stopped a vehicle in the IGA carpark...

Twitter Country Labor candidate for the Upper Hunter Melanie Dagg said the TAFE policy unveiled by the Party over the weekend is really exciting. Shadow Minister for TAFE and Skills Prue Carr...