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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...

Water filling stations, a canteen and office for White Park and tennis court refurbishments at Merriwa are some of the projects now going ahead thanks to almost $1 million worth...

With agricultural show season in full swing across NSW, Hunter Local Land Services is reminding all horse owners that they must have a Property Identification Code (PIC) for their horses. You...

Hunter landholders urged to check water supplies for blue green algae. Hunter Local Land Services (HLLS) has issued a number of red alerts for blue green algae across the Hunter region...

Some local Upper Hunter NSW Rural Fire Service crews have come to the aid of struggling farmers. Despite what is a busy time for the volunteer service with firemen and woman...

Hunter MP and Shadow Minister for Agriculture Joel Fitzgibbon has backed Labor's plan to investigate setting a floor price for milk. A Federal Labor Government has proposed they will task the...

Landholders in the Upper Hunter are being urged to be on the lookout for more locusts as they prepare to breed. The first infestation reported in the region in January saw...

Another $350 million has been poured into the NSW Government's Farm Innovation Fund.  The NSW Government says that so far the fund has helped more than 1700 farmers across the State drought-proof...

Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen, Upper Hunter Shire Deputy Mayor Maurice Collison, New England MP Barnaby Joyce and Brett Wolff from Thompson Longhorn. Redevelopment works at the more than $11 million...