Hunter News

Lake Macquarie Police conducted a dangerous driving blitz on Monday which resulted in 11 arrests.

Hunter New England Health have confirmed the Coles Express which has undergone deep cleaning was visited by two COVID-19 positive removalists from Sydney.

While half of the country is told to stay at home to stop the spread of COVID-19, for a growing number of women and children it is simply not an option.

Wallsend MP Sonia Hornery is urging the NSW government to rethink its decision to allow construction workers from the Greater Sydney region to travel to Newcastle to work on local building sites.

Communities along the proposed Lower Hunter freight rail corridor are expressing their concerns about the lack of consultation.

After positive responses from four trial games, the walking football pilot program will return at Lake Macquarie Regional Sports Facility in Speers Point.

With almost $5 million available through Stage Two of the Bushfire Recovery fund, Dungog, Cessnock, Singleton and Upper Hunter Council areas will all receive funding to support bushfire recovery across their impacted communities.

Rain has boosted the recovery of Lake Macquarie bushland affected by the Black Summer fires in 2020, with new imaging surveys showing flora and fauna returning to the area.

A pain-free diabetes test developed at the University of Newcastle is set to change millions of lives around the world, after receiving $6 million in funding from the Federal Government to help get the product to market.

COVID-19 restrictions in the Hunter have been extended for a further 14 days, as health authorities try to contain Sydney's outbreak.