Hunter News

45 bridges in the Upper Hunter will be replaced through the NSW Government’s $500 million Fixing Country Bridges program.

Fire crews have been called to Raymond Terrace, to reports of smoke billowing out of a garage on Elizabeth Avenue.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority has issued a penalty notice for $15,000 after an alleged pungent smelling blast fume occurred at Muswellbrook’s Mount Pleasant Mine.

A man has been charged after allegedly stolen property was recovered from a Lake Macquarie home.

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Lake Macquarie police are calling for public assistance as part of investigations into an assault at Caves Beach.

A fire which broke out at a home in Waratah after 11:30 on Thursday morning has finally been extinguished thanks to the efforts of more than 20 Fire and Rescue NSW firefighters.

Submissions made to the Parliamentary Inquiry in Rural and Regional Healthcare have revealed medical services in the Hunter and other regional areas could be teetering right on the edge of a serious crisis.

The University of Newcastle has conducted a study looking at the benefits of what would be Australia’s first large national park dedicated to protecting koala habitat.

The family of Hugh Marutawana, whose body was discovered in Newcastle Harbour, are making a plea for answers and for his body to be returned to his grieving mother in Zimbabwe.