The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

"We've had 15 weeks of sustained growth and with that comes momentum and confidence."

The long weekend offered little relief, with more fresh Hunter cases than in any other health district over recent days.

There are signs voters in key seats are turning away from the Labor and Liberal parties, in a trend one analyst likens to the election of Donald Trump to US president in 2016.

After the 2019 Federal poll, the electorate of Hunter, once considered a safe Labor seat, tumbled towards marginal territory, largely because of a word that still rules in the region and at the local ballot box - coal.

THE push for a Newcastle International Airport goes back as far as the 1980s, when the business chamber of the day formed a committee to promote the idea. Then, in the late 1990s, Liberal Paterson MP Bob Baldwin pushed a plan by construction company Abigroup and Maitland businessman Hilton Grugeon…

Hunter New England Health is caring for 86 people in hospital, with just one in intensive care.

Fifteen kilograms of drug-laced lollipops have been seized in raids in the NSW Hunter region and three people are charged with supplying drugs on the dark web.

Bus drivers have demanded appropriate breaks, better working conditions and training to diffuse violent situations as part of a 24-hour strike across Newcastle and the Hunter.

A Taree resident has died and hospitals in the Hunter health district were treating 74 people for COVID-19, three of whom were in intensive care, as hospitalisations further afield in NSW rose overnight even as cases fell.

Commuters will face delays and cancellations amid a 24-hour bus service strike across Newcastle and the Hunter.

Australia's transition to a clean energy future will be a key federal election issue as the corporate owners of the nation’s biggest coal-fired power stations walk away from fossil fuels. Businesses in the Hunter want politicians to back future industries.