Local News

Muswellbrook Shire Council is now looking into making the town's standpipe available on weekends.  It comes after local residents, mainly farmers, contacted both Council and Radio Hunter Valley asking for it...

Hunter Valley Local News Monday 18th June 2018 - Police are still looking for anyone with any information to come forward after a young girl was approached in Muswellbrook on Friday - Downer...

  Downer EDI workers will meet this week to decide on further industrial action in the Hunter Valley. Around 430 workers took their first of three four-hour stoppages this afternoon with another...

  Police are warning snow chasers to be careful at the Barrington Tops as snow continues to blanket the area.  There have been heavy falls right across the weekend with some areas...

The man accused of the alleged rape and abduction of a young girl in Newcastle faces court again this week. Police arrested the 47-year-old man during a vehicle stop in Hamilton...

A man was flown to hospital after a two-car smash on the Hunter Expressway at Belford. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter and emergency services were called to the scene just after 6am on...

Cessnock MP Clayton Barr, NSW Police Minister Troy Grant and Chief Inspector Dave Robinson with fellow officers outside Cessnock Police Station. Cessnock will soon see a state-of-the-art police station. NSW Police Minister...

Police are on the hunt for information after a young girl was approached in Muswellbrook on Friday (June 15).  Officers say a 12-year-old girl was allegedly approached by a man at...

Hunter Valley Local News Friday 15th June 2018 - The Electrical Trades Union and the Australian Manufacturing and Workers Union says Downer EDI has threatened employees with redundancies if they don't agree...

Nationals members gathered in Cowra today for their annual conference. Nationals Leader and Deputy Premier John Barilaro addressed the conference room this morning to kick off the two-day conference.  Upper Hunter MP...