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The Boil Water Alert for Scone and Aberdeen is in place until at least Monday 10 August, and possibly beyond that.  Upper Hunter Shire Council said the latest water tests results...

The dam levels are up in the Upper Hunter and New England regions, but some not by much.  Liverpool Plains Shire Council posted on their Facebook that after four good days...

There have been two new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Hunter New England Health District overnight.  HNEH is still working to investigate the source of a male teenager's infection so...

The NSW Police Force Rural Crime Prevention Team has launched a new operation targeting stock theft in western NSW.  Operation Stock Check will be an ongoing, proactive operation to prevent livestock...

Janine Vaughan's sister Kylie Spelde will never give up looking for her sister Janine even though deep down she believes that she is gone. In 2001 the then 31-year-old Janine Vaughan...

The Boil Water Alert has been lifted for Murrurundi ONLY, and is still in place for Scone and Aberdeen.  Upper Hunter Shire Council lifted the alert for Murrurundi based on water...

A Hunter man has been charged over breaching the COVID-19 Public Health Order and not self-isolating when he was told he had to.  Officers from Operation Border Closure were conducting permit...

Upper Hunter Shire Council has appointed an Interim General Manager. The GM is employed and directed by the elected Councillors and is responsible for all other staff decisions, and will manage...