Hunter News

Cessnock MP Clayton Barr has started a stoush with Cessnock Council, after facing fines for using public spaces to hold community barbeques.

"We are in a situation where lots of cancers are very treatable and with nicer treatments than we have had in the past."   – Prof. Nikola Bowden

Tasmanian devils in the Barrington Tops have woken up to a dusting of snow.

It is with sadness we note the passing of Dr Jean Talbot, poet and activist, esteemed teacher, and former presenter on 2NURFM.

Paul Rickard-Ford plays this work by Liszt, inspired by such as a lake, and a storm, and is something of a tour de force for the performer.

The Air Race World Championship won't make it to Lake Macquarie later this year, after organisers cancelled it and a pair of rounds in Malaysia and Indonesia.

A NSW MP has made the case in the State's Upper House after Singleton firefighters raised the alarm on a lack of changeroom facilities. 

Aussie Ark Rangers were treated to a surprise appearance from a three-month-old joey this morning.

The Hunter's Jewish community is welcoming a push in New South Wales Parliament to ban the display of Nazi symbols in public.

The former Pasminco smelter site at Boolaroo could soon be home to commercial developments, new parks, or even a school.