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The Hunter's peak business body is welcoming the Federal Government's hopes to develop an offshore wind farm on the region's coast.

Work is getting started on a new research project, looking into the size and species of deer populations across Lake Macquarie.

Selected school bus routes in the Hunter will be equipped with seatbelts, as the State Government extends the $237 million program to the region.

Hunter residents displaced by the recent floods now have access to grants of up to $20,000, after the Back Home scheme was extended to the region.

Marine Rescue NSW has seen its second busiest year on record, with more than 1,147 of the state's 3,905 rescues in the Hunter and Central Coast region.

A pop-up DNA collection centre is in the Hunter today, in the hopes of helping families locate their lost loved ones.

Greyhound activists are up in arms after the death of a third greyhounds at the Gardens over the weekend.

A local MP is hoping to recognise the work of Maitland volunteers as part of the new Community Heroes Initiative. 

Port Stephens Council is set to install new solar panels on 14 community buildings as part of its effort to become carbon neutral by 2025.

The Hunter's being urged to consider signing up as an organ and tissue donor, this Donate Life Week.