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Twitter  A house has been completely destroyed by fire at Singleton Heights overnight. Fire and Rescue NSW fire crews were called to the house on Wakehurst Crescent just before 12:30pm and arrived...

Twitter Hunter Valley Local News Wednesday 6th February 2019 - A train derailed near Denman overnight - The newly endorsed Country Labor candidate Melanie Dagg has been born and bred in the Hunter Valley and...

Twitter  The design plans for the Scone Aviation Visitor Attraction Centre have been finalised.  The Federal Government put more than $170,000 towards completing this step of the proposal which would see new...

Twitter  A train has derailed near Denman.  The Australian Rail Track Corporation has confirmed that there was an incident on the Hunter Valley rail network on the Ulan line reported at around...

Twitter After more than a century in the community, the Merriwa Tennis Club will be closing its doors. The committee due to a range of factors have found that they can no...

Twitter Country Labor has announced Melanie Dagg as their Upper Hunter candidate heading into the 2019 State Election. The Party endorsed the Cessnock Councillor yesterday after being on the hunt for a...

Twitter Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen, Upper Hunter Shire Deputy Mayor Maurice Collison, New England MP Barnaby Joyce and Brett Wolff from Thompson Longhorn. Redevelopment works at the more than $11 million...

Twitter Hunter Valley Local News Tuesday 5th February 2019 - The more than $11 million-dollar Scone Regional Livestock Markets are on track to be finished with upgrades happening at the site all of...

Twitter Support is coming face-to-face to the Upper Hunter today (Tuesday 5th February) to help drought-affected farmers.  The Drought Community Outreach Convoy is in Scone from 9am to 12pm at Scone Bowling Club, 28 Gundy Street...

Twitter Another stretch of the Merriwa to Willow Tree Road has been sealed.  At the end of January another 7.7 kilometre of sealed bitumen was complete and the entire $12 million project...