DETECTIVES are appealing for information following a series of recent grass fires in the Hunter Valley. Between Monday 2 March 2026 and Friday 24 April 2026, a total of 24 grass fires were reported in areas surrounding Singleton. The fires have occurred along Golden Highway at Warkworth, and Mitchell Line of Road, Jerrys Plains Road, […]
The centralised body will support existing local arrangements by coordinating resources and using technology to plan and deliver hazard reduction more efficiently across the state. Photo: NSW Government.
A NEW multi-agency taskforce has been launched to accelerate hazard reduction and better protect communities across NSW. Launched by the NSW Government, Taskforce Fire Guard will bring together fire agencies and land managers to strengthen coordination and prioritise high risk areas over the coming months. Operating from the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) State Operations […]
FIVE animal rehoming organisations across the Hunter are sharing in more than $150,000 in funding, delivered as part of the first round of the NSW Government’s $6 million Companion Animal Welfare and Rehoming Grants program. This funding will support projects like the construction of a new cattery, and subsidising desexing, microchipping and vaccination. Successful grant […]
Minister for Women Jodie Harrison dropped in on a workshop in the Hunter last week and observed the impact the program has had building local girls’ leadership skills and confidence. Photo: supplied.
THE NSW Government is encouraging young women and girls in the Hunter to seek opportunities in emergency services through the Girls on Fire program. Girls on Fire received over $180,000 in funding under the government’s Investing in Women grants, to provide teenage girls in regional and remote areas with a hands-on, practical program of what […]
Artist Jenny McCracken and visiting student Charlie Haberstock. Photo: Julie Overton. Artist Jenny McCracken led the workshop. Photo: Julie Overton. YOUTH Week 2026 has officially kicked off in Paterson with a vibrant, community-driven art workshop celebrating a key part of the town’s unique agricultural heritage. Organised by Paterson Community Builders, the Youth Week launch event […]
Sailor Ruth Boydell has released a compelling memoir covering her adventures across the globe. Photo: Galen Boydell.
HUNTER-BASED sailor and death doula Ruth Boydell has released a memoir, “Rocking the Boat: A Life in Three Voyages”, outlining global ocean adventures in the days before GPS and chartplotters. Ruth’s story begins at the age of 17, when she joined a thirty-something Englishman who was single-handing a sailboat around the world. The adventures came […]
EMERGING filmmaker and local historian, Jacob Ure, 24, shared his unique approach to uncovering and telling hidden local stories at a Youth Week workshop held on Sunday in Paterson. Invited by Paterson Community Builders, Jacob – the creator of local history platform Our Past – delivered an engaging session focused on how he creates compelling, […]
Michelle Dado-Millyn with over 100 survey responses.
Michelle Dado-Millyn with over 100 survey responses. Users meet at the Dungog swimming pool. OVER 20 concerned pool users recently met at the Dungog Memorial Swimming Pool, calling for it to remain open for longer periods. Currently, the pool is open six months of the year. This year it closed just before Easter and the […]
HAVE you ever wondered who the first astronomers were? What an interesting question. Astronomy is the oldest science, but it’s also the newest. Everything we know about the night sky has been passed down through history, and we find the oldest continuous culture on Earth, the Australian Aboriginal people, were very likely the world’s first […]
Photographer Cory Small from Camera Crave captured all the action trackside at the iconic Gresford Billy Cart Derby.
Photographer Cory Small from Camera Crave captured all the action trackside at the iconic Gresford Billy Cart Derby. Photographer Cory Small from Camera Crave captured all the action trackside at the iconic Gresford Billy Cart Derby. Photographer Cory Small from Camera Crave captured all the action trackside at the iconic Gresford Billy Cart Derby. Photographer […]
