Hunter News

Researchers at the Hunter Medical Research Institute are now recruiting participants for a world-first clinical trial to help methamphetamine addicts break their dependence with an existing drug.

The Australian Outback - many of us love it, and plenty of folk music celebrates it. Why? We find out, as does Gina Williams ‘I’m Going’.

Two people are in custody following separate high speed police pursuits on the Central Coast and Lake Macquarie overnight.

A 40-year-old man has been treated for smoke inhalation after a caravan went up in flames at South Maitland.

Motorists heading north on the M1 Pacific Motorway can expect delays as emergency services deal with a truck crash and fire at Mount White.

Education Department data reveals over 5000 students were suspended from Hunter and MidCoast Schools in 2020.

Police believe the body of a woman found at Barrington at the weekend is most likely that of missing Port Macquarie woman , Adele Morrison.

Dumped One Nation candidate, Stuart Bonds has not ruled out contesting the Upper Hunter byelection as an independent.

Local pubs, clubs and hotels were making more money off poker machines in the second half of 2020 than in the first, new data reveals, despite fewer machines and pandemic restrictions.

Inquiries are underway into a single-vehicle crash near Cessnock overnight.