The Latest Breaking News from Hunter Valley

"There was planning, and he was the instigator."

Wheeling and dealing over decades netted $1.8 million

The number of students enrolled in Independent schools in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and the Hunter Valley grew by 3.5 per cent in 2022, as the state recorded an exodus from public schools.

The agent expects offers around the $3.5 million mark.

The decline of the coal industry means 17 mines in the New South Wales Hunter Valley will close over the next two decades. More than 130,000 hectares of mining land — nearly two-thirds of the valley floor between Broke and Muswellbrook — will become available for new uses.

Hunter Valley winemakers are expecting a small, but quality vintage from grapes that have defied flooding and hail.

My tinfoil hat is firmly on.

MORE than 600 people have been charged as part of a statewide operation targeting dangerous domestic violence offenders, including an arrest in a Hunter Valley hotel.

A man who was gunned down at home and died in front of his family after Christmas was the victim of a targeted murder related to his drug activity, senior police believe.