The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

Planning for the Hunter's transition is five years behind where it needs to be, the new chair of the organisation that represents the Hunter's councils believes.

Named in honour of the poet who created "The Man from Snowy River", along with an early colonial explorer, Paterson stretches through the Hunter, from the retirement heaven around Port Stephens to a parcel of the traditional mining - and Labor - heartland of the Coalfields, so there is much…

Teenagers who can lift more than their own body weight will be in action

Salinity from Upper Hunter mines will trump acid drainage issues, expert.

Eleven of the 202 newly-graduated police officers who will soon start work on the beat across NSW are coming to stations in the Hunter region.

Taxpayer funding for Origin, Orica and others in Newcastle hydrogen studies

Oxley and Hunter Valley police districts have been investigating a spate of break-ins and stolen motor vehicles since January this year.

Almost 2500 jobs will be created as part of a $182 million clean 'Hunter Super Hydrogen Hub' to be unveiled on Thursday.

Police say a vehicle seen driving dangerously through the Hunter on Tuesday afternoon was stolen in Newcastle earlier this month.

The acting Fire and Rescue NSW commissioner is appealing to the public to take extra safety precautions amid a spate of house fires across the state - including three in the Hunter.

Lower Hunter farmers have won their battle to continue irrigating from the Hunter and Paterson Rivers following a back down from the state government.