Hunter News

BY LAUREN FREEMANTLE A man has been trapped for more than 12 hours in the Upper Hunter after a tractor...

BY IAN CROUCH A critical shortage of foster carers in the Hunter is forcing authorities to place children in motel...

BY IAN CROUCH Newcastle wheelchair athlete, Kurt Fearnley has been awarded the second highest honour in the Queen’s Birthday Honours...

BY SAM ISAAC AND LAUREN FREEMANTLE NSW Minister for Maritime and Freight, Melinda Pavey has addressed the 2013 restrictions which...

BY LAUREN FREEMANTLE AGL has curtailed electricity supply to the Tomago Aluminium Smelter on two occasions this week, and the...

BY OLIVIA WILSON-WHEELER More than 900 trees have been planted in Newcastle in the past year, and another 37 will...

BY OLIVIA WILSON-WHEELER On average, 60 people in the Hunter die from bowel cancer each year, according to Bowel Cancer...

BY IAN CROUCH Hundreds of workers at Muswellbrook’s Mount Pleasant coal mine walked off the job for three days this...

BY IAN CROUCH Police are investigating after more than a dozen vehicles had their tyres slashed at Tighes Hill. Residents...

BY LAUREN FREEMANTLE The state government have announced additional bus services will be added to Lake Macquarie’s arsenal over the...