Local News

The first snow of 2021 has fallen at the Aussie Ark conservation organisation in the Barrington Tops.  Located 1,350 metres above sea level, Aussie Ark Rangers woke to a winter wonderland...

Students at St Joseph's High School have blown their goal out of the water for their sleepout to raise money for Vinnies Muswellbrook. School Captains Kelley Harris, Meg Southcombe, Aneira Bray,...

Police will be out an about at licensed premises this weekend conducting Operation Pariac.  It's an operation conducted in the regional policing areas of NSW including in the Upper Hunter a...

The State Emergency Service (SES) has issued an equipment and livestock warning for the Hunter River downstream of Aberdeen.  Due to heavy rain falling across the Upper Hunter Catchment over the...

It's that time of the year again... double demerits are in force from midnight tonight until midnight on Monday.  Local Hunter Valley Police District Officers with police across the state will...

Detectives are investigating after a woman was fatally shot near Newcastle last night.  Emergency services were called to a Queen Street home just after 8pm at Stockton following reports of a shooting. A...

There's more funding on the way for some community groups in the Upper Hunter Shire. Under the Australian Government's Stronger Communities Program groups have been successful in sharing in $41.000.  New England...

There was no horsing around when it came to judging the inaugural Scone Horse Festival - NEIGHbour Art Competition.  It was an idea founded by Scone Horse Festival Committee Member, former teacher...