Hunter News

Frontline banking services in the Hunter are about to take anther hit, with the Newcastle Permanent announcing its Fletcher and Medowie branches will close on Friday March 26.

A man has been charged after a police officer was assaulted during an arrest in Lake Macquarie overnight.

Three people have been rescued from waters in the Myall River after their boat sunk of the boat ramp at Winda Woppa.

After years of complaints about toxic pollution from the Trugain waste-oil refinery site at Rutherford, moves are under way to clean up the site.

New figures issued by Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg show the number of people on JobKeeper in the Hunter has fallen significantly since September.

The Health Services Union is welcoming a statewide review of hospital security following a rise in violent incidents against staff at hospitals over the past 10 years, including here in the Hunter.

Port Stephens MP Kate Washington has called on the State government to remember its promise to build a new high school in Medowie.

The NSW Government has approved a $44 million hotel and office development along the Newcastle waterfront in the Honeysuckle Precinct.

Garden Suburb community members are fighting a development approved by the Hunter Regional Planning Panel to clear 12 hectares of land to make room for 66 new residential lots.

Concerns about ambulance shortages have been raised after an elderly nursing home patient had to wait six hours for paramedics to arrive after suffering a broken hip.