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A man has been charged with firearm and intimidation offences in the Upper Hunter. Officers from Hunter Valley Police District were called to Jersey Place at Muswellbrook yesterday evening, following reports...

 

Local sporting and community groups are being reminded the Sports and Recreational Grants Program is still open for applications.  The program offers awards for maintenance, refurbishment and improvements to sporting and...

Walk-in vaccination clinics are coming to Quirindi and Werris creek this weekend.  Liverpool Plains Shire Council, Upper Hunter MP Dave Layzell and Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson have worked with the...

  Hunter New England Health District have identified 18 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 within the past 24-hours.  It takes the total number in the current outbreak to 310 - with currently...

Veteran federal Labor MP for the Hunter, Joel Fitzgibbon has announced he will retire from parliament in the next election.  The 59-year-old admitted he won't be contesting the position because he's...

 

The Singleton LGA now has confirmed case of COVID-19 which was infectious while in the community.  It comes as the Hunter New England Health District revealed 13 new cases in the...

A man has been charged after assaulting an officer at an unauthorised protest in the Hunter.  Officers from the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended Port Stephens Council Chambers in Raymond Terrace...

Police have charged four men and seized $1.5m worth of cannabis as part of an ongoing investigation into cultivation of cannabis in the Hunter Valley area. Following extensive inquiries, officers executed...