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Time is running out to get applications in for two-year-interest free period loans for farmers and farm-related businesses. Farmers and farm-related small businesses have up to Wednesday 30 September 2020 to...

  The earthy tasting water in Singleton is alright to drink! Singleton Council has received numerous reports of water smelling or tasting musty or earthy affecting the Singleton Water Supply Area.  They are...

More than 250 cannabis plants have been seized at Singleton after months of investigations.  Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) officers have been investigating the alleged cultivation of cannabis in Singleton in...

Council’s Project Manager Gavin McKenzie and Murrurundi Water Supervisor James Davis at the site where a 1,500kL reservoir will replace one of the old 250Kl reservoirs. Murrurundi's water security is set...

Aussie Ark at the Barrington Tops has done their first pouch check of the season. The first checks have found 46 new Eastern quoll joeys.  Eastern quolls have called Aussie Ark home...

Five people have been arrested for trying to steal wine from a winery at Muswellbrook.  Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) officers were called to a winery on Hunter Street at about...

Everyone at gatherings exceeding 20 people will cop a $1000 fine anywhere in NSW.  With the warmer weather upon us and the longer days rights around the corner, amendments have been...

Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon has backed Prime Minister Scott Morrison's gas plant announcement for the Hunter Valley.  The Prime Minister is making a pre-budget speech in Newcastle where he is expected...