Local News

The major firefighting operations in the Upper Hunter are done and dusted.  Fire crews have been on the ground for the last 53 days fighting fires across the Mid-Western Regional Council,...

The Doing it for Our Farmers pop-up pantry at Murrurundi is open for 2020. Justin Cooper and her volunteers have had a well deserved break and the pantry is all stocked...

  Tougher water restrictions are on the way for Muswellbrook.  From this week Hunter Water has put Level 2 water restrictions in place for areas in the Lower Hunter and Newcastle, and...

Police appealing for information after three kangaroos are believed to have been deliberately injured at Muswellbrook. Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) officers were called to Wollombi Park at about 8am yesterday,...

Glencore is helping creatures great and small in the NSW bushfire crisis donating $1 million to three organisations.  "Like all Australians, we’ve been deeply saddened to see the destruction caused by...

The prehistoric Wollomi Pines have survived the huge bushfire that ripped through the Wollemi National Park thanks to a specialist operation. Crews from the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)...

We now know what kind of public holiday we will be getting for the Muswellbrook Cup this year. Muswellbrook Shire Council has announced that a half day public holiday (from noon...