Hunter News

A rate rise could be on the cards for Port Stephens residents, as part of efforts to ease the financial pressure on Council.

Giacomo Arnott has been elected as Port Stephens' new Deputy Mayor.

The community across Newcastle and the Hunter is being invited to a memorial service for the late Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday evening.

Survivors of convicted child abuser and former Hamilton Marist Brother Francis William Cable say he won't be missed, after he died earlier this week.

Police are renewing their appeal for public help over the disappearance of a Lake Macquarie man who's been missing for more than two years.

The Hunter can expect a day off to mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II next Thursday, but businesses are bracing for a busy day.

The Hunter is remembering Queen Elizabeth II, who has passed away at the age of 96.

The Regional Roads Minister has admitted he can't confirm even a single kilometre of regional roads across the Hunter and the State had been transferred to the NSW Government, despite a major election commitment in 2019.

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has given MACH Energy the green light to move forward with a major expansion of its Mount Pleasant mine near Muswellbrook.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a shocking crash on the M1 at the weekend which claimed the lives of a father and son from Toronto.