The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

For four generations, members of the Osborn family have farmed land by the Hunter River at Pitnacree, and they hope there will be a fifth generation, but they now worry that has been cast into doubt because of a proposed NSW government rule that will cut into when they can…

Hunter Workers have announced their intention to rally in Cessnock next week, calling on government to "urgently address the insecure work crisis".

Opinion | The commitment is pure greenwash

The deaths included a man in his 80s from the Maitland area, a woman in her 80s from MidCoast local government area and a man in his 70s from Dungog.

Firefighters are investigating a blaze that destroyed a home in the Hunter in the early hours of Thursday.

Hunter nurses have labelled current working conditions "horrendous" and will be among the thousands who walk off the job next week as part of statewide strikes.

The affected nursing homes have a total of 182 positive tests among residents and 207 among staff.

The sector's peak body says up to 50 per cent of staff have been affected amid a threefold increase in infections in the space of a month.

The government says $8 billion and 8000 jobs in the Hunter would be at risk

Opinion | Safeguarding energy system balance is crucial

Two more people from the Hunter region with COVID-19 have died.