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Twitter Ellerston Rural Fire Service brigade is now better equipped to attend accidents with a new first of its kind rescue unit.  NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM and Upper...

Twitter Horse owners across the Hunter are being urged to be aware of the risks of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV). Hunter Local Land Services (HLLS) are reminding owners of the risks after...

Twitter Scone is one of nine places trialling a new Federal Government mental health initiative.  The Trusted Advocates Network Trial will be held over three years and administered through Hunter New England...

Twitter Scone is one of nine places trialling a new Federal Government mental health initiative.  The Trusted Advocates Network Trial will be held over three years and administered through Hunter New England...

Twitter While middle income earners were the big winners out of the 2019/20 Federal Budget overnight, infrastructure projects in the Upper Hunter were the losers.  The funding for specific road projects only...

Twitter Middle income earners are the big winners in the 2019/20 Federal Budget and there's more money being poured into regional roads.  They’re being called the largest cuts in tax relief since...

Twitter A man has been flown to hospital after an incident with a horse at Middlebrook near Scone this afternoon.  NSW Ambulance said that they were called to Vantage Hill on Middlebrook...

Twitter The silos are prepped, the paint is ready and the artist is in town ready to paint the Merriwa silos. It's been a project in the works for some time since 2017...

Twitter Some of the worst hit drought-affected areas of the Upper Hunter received a much needed drenching of rain at the weekend.  It's been described as some of the best rainfall in...

Twitter A Muswellbrook resident has had to fend off intruders at his home after they forced entry. Hunter Valley Police District officers say at 10:35pm last Thursday (March 28, 2019), unknown offenders...