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A man has been fined after being caught allegedly transporting rubbish from Tuggerah to Sandy Hollow. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has ordered Thomas Hughes to clean up the building...

Investigations are underway into a suspicious fire at Muswellbrook overnight.  Fire crews were called to an unoccupied house on the corner of Sowerby and Dumaresq Streets just after 8 o'clock after neighbours...

  Hunter local bullrider Lachlan Richardson took out 3rd place at the PBR Monster Energy Tour Newcastle Invitational at the weekend. In front of a sellout crowd at Newcastle Entertainment Centre nine...

A man is off to court today after an alleged bomb threat at Singleton.  Hunter Valley Police District (HVPD) officers said shortly before 4pm yesterday (Sunday 4 August) police attended the...

A motorcyclist has been seriously injured after a crash near Singleton. Emergency services were called to the Putty Road at Howes Valley, south-west of Singleton at around 1:45pm on Sunday 4...

The Hunter Valley rail network will be shut down for three days for maintenance work from August 6. Around 1200 workers will undertake 110 jobs across the network that includes ballast cleaning,...

There will be further deer control at Murrurundi next month.  Another on-ground deer control program will be done on the outskirts of Murrurundi inSeptember / October 2019. Upper Hunter Shire Council in partnership...

AGL has delayed the closure of the Liddell Power Station at Muswellbrook in a bid to help the energy grid through the summer months.  The energy giant announced today to the...

One Aberdeen resident is reveling in a $200,000 windfall Almost a month after the draw, an Aberdeen lottery player has discovered they are $200,000 richer after checking their Lucky Lotteries Mega...

A sprinkler system has been installed at Burdekin Park at Singleton to help manage the heat stress of the flying fox colony during the warmer months.  The Grey-headed flying fox colony...