Hunter skies are looking clear and sunny for the Australia Day long weekend, so here's a list of how to spend the day across the Hunter Region.

The annual Newcastle Harbour Swim planned for Australia Day has been cancelled due to poor water quality caused by recent flooding.

BLAKE Spriggs remains intubated and in a stable condition after undergoing surgery on his clavicle and forearm.

THE CLEAN-UP continues across the Hunter after beaches were inundated with sand during wild storms and a huge swell last week. Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald. Email: ...

Hours after downstream residents were told to be ready to leave, as the water levels of Chichester Dam rose and Hunter Water enacted its emergency response plan and began pumping water out of the dam, ...

State and federal governments jointly declared a natural disaster after days of extreme weather wrought havoc on the Hunter region and plunged hundreds of thousands of homes into days of darkness.

As rain pelted down and winds lashed Hunter homes, Mount Hutton's Bec Wytner was among the thousands plunged into darkness.

Port Stephens Council has approved plans for a $37.5-million supermarket in Fullerton Cove, which will also include a medical centre. Newcastle Herald news director and business reporter. Interested ...

The wait is over for fans of Australian rock superduo Fanning Dempsey National Park, who have announced their overdue debut in Newcastle. Josh Leeson is a news and features journalist, who focuses on ...

A road upgrade along one of the quickest-growing corridors in the Hunter will unlock 900 new homes, the federal government says.

Mark Fricker ("Fined for parking on driveway", Newcastle Herald, 17/1), I too received a $320 fine for allegedly parking on a footpath. As I thought I had a valid reason for doing this, I sent an ...

Some might say pouring pints was destiny for the de Beer siblings. With a surname fit for the pub, what choice did they have?