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Murrurundi residents will be showering for joy today as water restrictions are eased.  The town has been on Level 6 water restrictions since July 2018 and finally upon the completion of...

Peabody Energy will be partially closing part of their Wambo Underground mine due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  From June for three months production will be temporarily suspended in a part of...

A man has been flown to hospital after an accident on a property near Scone left him with a partially amputated thumb. Emergency services were called to a property north of...

Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen has launched a statewide petition to save the Target Country at Scone.  Last week Wesfarmers, the conglomerate owner of Bunnings, Coles, K-Mart and Target made the...

Muswellbrook Shire Council will be negotiating with biofuel company Ethtec over the Hunter Pilot Biorefinery.  In closed Council last night, Councillors voted 6 to 2 for "Council enter into negotiations with...

John Martin OAM has been named as the Honorary Freeman of the Shire in Singleton.  He is a former Mayor of Singleton and a current serving Councillor and only the fifth...

All going according to plan the Scone to Murrurundi Pipeline is expected to be officially finished by the end of this week.  The $14.2 million, 40km long pipeline will draw water...