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Muswellbrook Shire Council has a new Mayor.  Martin Rush stepped down last night after chairing his final Council meeting after announcing he would be retiring in 2021 earlier this year.  Last night...

Two major Upper Hunter projects, the Hunter Gas Pipeline and the Hills of Gold Wind Farm were discussed at this week's Upper Hunter Shire Council meeting.  Council voted to accept an...

New England MP, and also the Deputy Prime Minister has been fined for not wearing a mask.  It's understood Barnaby Joyce was paying for petrol at a service station in Armidale...

The NSW Government has today extended the Dine and Discover NSW vouchers and there's money for businesses amid the current COVID-19 restrictions across the state.  NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced there...

A man has been charged with nearly 30 traffic offences in the Hunter Valley.  It comes after a police officer was struck by a trail bike during a pursuit at Maitland...

A Cessnock grandmother said her son had to pick her up off the floor when she found out she'd won more than $800,000. The New South Wales player held one of...

Unemployment rates continue to fall in the Hunter Valley according to the latest statistics. Monthly data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has seen unemployment in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie decrease...

The Aberdeen Highland Games has been postponed. Due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 and the restrictions across all of NSW including in the Upper Hunter, the committee made the difficult...