Hunter News

Quick work by Rural Fire Service crews has stopped a bush fire from reaching homes at Mallabula early Wednesday.

Football fans across the Hunter are still reeling after the Socceroos escaped the group stage with a one-nil win over Denmark in the FIFA World Cup.

Paramedics have treated a man for minor injuries after he fell through the floor of an abandoned warehouse at Hexham on Thursday morning.

A horse has been rescued after crossing to the wrong side of the Hunter River at Muswellbrook on Thursday morning.

On this edition of Wellbeing, Jack Hodgins talks to a Canadian Paramedic.

On Wellbeing, Dr Graeme Horton talks about the effects of climate change on ecosystems and, in turn, how that effects our food and health.

On Hunter Rostrum, Elizabeth Lim is accompanied by Matthew Brooks in works by Matyas Seiber, Leo Weiner, and Miklos Rosa.

Jane Klein hosts a program of folk music with the feel of summer.

The Federal Government is seeking a briefing from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, after claims aired in Parliament, mine operators across the Hunter and Australia, are lying about coal quality. 

Cessnock councillors will lobby the Planning Minister to reverse an approval allowing allotments as small as 217m² at the Huntlee...