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Police are investigating after vandalism at the Merriwa Central School.  Senior Constable Jason Bear told Radio Hunter Valley that sometime on Wednesday night, 9th October and Thursday morning children have gone...

  There has been a recommendation to the NSW Government for coal exploration at Wollar.  Wollar is 48 kilometres northeast of Mudgee near Bylong where a controversial mine by Korean company KEPCO...

Upgrade works on the Golden Highway and New England Highway at Belford are on track to be starting next year.  Detailed design for the upgrade is expected to be complete in...

 

Drivers are still being caught drinking behind the wheel over the long weekend.  Operation Slow Down was run across the long weekend in NSW with Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) highway...

It's being labelled as an embarrassing backflip by the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) on The Bloomfield Group's Rix's Creek mine extension.  On Friday afternoon the Independent Planning Commission (IPC) released a...

A driver was caught doing 154km/hr in a 100km zone in the Hunter Valley during Operation Slow Down.  Hunter Valley Highway patrol were on the New England Highway at Belford just...

Emergency services were kept very busy over the long weekend in the Hunter Valley.  A woman is recovering in hospital after two hot air balloon collided early on Monday morning. It’s understood a...

There is a TOTAL FIRE BAN in place across the Greater Hunter tomorrow, Monday 7th October, including the Upper Hunter. The NSW Rural Fire Service has the ban in place across the...

Upper Hunter police find no joy in giving you a ticket, they just want you to get home safely this long weekend.  NSW Police have launched Operation Slow Down which starts at...