Local News

A man has been flown to hospital after an incident with a horse at Middlebrook near Scone this afternoon.  NSW Ambulance said that they were called to Vantage Hill on Middlebrook...

The silos are prepped, the paint is ready and the artist is in town ready to paint the Merriwa silos. It's been a project in the works for some time since 2017...

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...

A Muswellbrook resident has had to fend off intruders at his home after they forced entry. Hunter Valley Police District officers say at 10:35pm last Thursday (March 28, 2019), unknown offenders...

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...

Founder Pauline Carrigan speaking at the Glencore Community evening this week. The Upper Hunter Where There's A Will (WTAW) Foundation is taking bettering the health of the region's children to a...

  The message from local police today is simple, don't drink and drive.  There will be plenty of punters out and about this afternoon heading to and from Muswellbrook Race Club for...

A motorcyclist has been flown to Newcastle after a serious accident at Cessnock.  At around 1pm emergency services were called to Ferguson Street at Cessnock following reports a motorcycle had collided...

Three men have been arrested after alleged illegal deer hunting.  Rural Crime investigators commenced an investigation in February after two men wearing camouflage clothing allegedly trespassed on private property in Murrurundi...

Superintendent Chad Gillies. Police are today renewing an appeal for the public’s help after a New Zealand’s mans hit and run death at Singleton almost six months ago. Hunter Valley Police District...