Local News

Further locust control is underway in the Upper Hunter as breeding begins. Hunter Local Land Services (HLLS) has issued chemical control on 16 properties in the region after landholders alerted HLLS...

Quirindi will now be able to get a new water dispensing station.  Liverpool Plains Shire Council has received $105,458 under the Coalition Government's Drought Communities Program to install a new water point...

Horse owners across the Hunter are being urged to be aware of the risks of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV). Hunter Local Land Services (HLLS) are reminding owners of the risks after...

Scone is one of nine places trialling a new Federal Government mental health initiative.  The Trusted Advocates Network Trial will be held over three years and administered through Hunter New England...

Some of the worst hit drought-affected areas of the Upper Hunter received a much needed drenching of rain at the weekend.  It's been described as some of the best rainfall in...

Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen has been given the role of Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture in the new Berejiklian cabinet.  Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced her new-look cabinet at the weekend that...

Drought conditions continue to impact road maintenance works across the Upper Hunter Shire.  A lack of water resources close to work sites and the extra time it would take to cart...

Leed Engineering and Construction has been awarded the contract for construction of the Scone to Murrurundi Pipeline project.  The 40 kilometre water pipeline is a project worth $14.2 million and will...

The Scone to Murrurundi Pipeline is another step closer.  At a meeting Upper Hunter Shire Council this morning chose a tenderer to complete the $14.2 million project. Upper Hunter Shire Mayor Wayne...

The most successful Wallabies captain in Australia has wowed Scone this week. John Eales dropped into Scone Grammer School on Thursday to meet the secondary school children and give a talk...