Category: Main Story
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HEARTACHE FOR FLOOD HIT COMMUNITIES
Gilleston Heights is still cut off and supplies are being dropped off. The SES says flood-affected residents in the Hunter could be isolated until Friday. Despite the ongoing situation, residents are banding together. Those stuck with nowhere to go, doing their best to keep spirits high.
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HUNTER FLOODS START TO EASE IN SOME AREAS, OTHERS STILL CUT OFF
Another day, another flooding disaster, right in our backyard. The Hunter is reeling while some towns have begun the clean up, others are now cut off from civilisation completely…staring down the barrel of major flooding. The message from emergency services: we’re not out of the woods yet.
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FLOOD WATCH FOR NEW SOUTH WALES RESIDENTS
Thousands of New South Wales residents are now preparing to be inundated by floodwaters as the freak weather system heads north. There are more than 6000 people who have been told to evacuate the Hunter region now and another 5000 have been told to prepare to leave their homes. Towns along the Hunter River are the main focus…
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FLOOD DEVASTATED NORTHERN RIVERS SCHOOLS FACE YEARS BEFORE RECOVERY
In a new series, NBN News is highlighting the efforts to rebuild the flood-ravaged Northern Rivers community. Here, Olivia Grace-Curran and Josephine Shannon visit schools in the area facing the dual problem of displaced students and buildings damaged beyond repair. Four months on from the day the New South Wales Northern Rivers was swallowed by floodwaters and students across…
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MAN CHARGED AFTER PEDESTRIAN FATALITY IN MAITLAND
A man has been charged after a pedestrian was fatally hit by a truck on Cessnock Road, Maitland yesterday morning. The driver of the truck, a 47-year-old man, immediately stopped and attempted to render assistance; however, the 62-year-old man died at the scene. The truck driver was uninjured and taken to Maitland Hospital for mandatory…
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TRAGIC CAMPFIRE FATALITY ON NSW/QLD BORDER
A 54 year old Queensland woman has died after falling into a campfire at a campground near the NSW/QLD border. Emergency services responded to reports at Gradys Creek around 10pm yesterday, by the time they arrived, the woman had passed away. The Richmond Police District believes there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident and…
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NSW’S 2022-23 MAJOR BUDGET INVESTEMENTS
This year’s New South Wales budget will see huge investments towards the state’s women, children and first home buyers. CHILDREN: As part of the NSW Government’s $193 million back-to-school program, families across the state will receive a $150 voucher per child. The money can be spent on school uniforms, shoes, bags or textbooks and aims…
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HUNTER HORSES HELPING TO HEAL ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND TRAUMA
They’ve been by our side for centuries, companions and hard workers not only growing communities, but defending them. Now horses are performing a new role in the Hunter, helping survivors of clergy abuse open up about their lifelong pain and anxiety and also learn to trust, heal and find peace.
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FRESH FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NSW
Rain along the New South Wales coast continues, this increases the chance of flash flooding in places already saturated following a wet election weekend. Some areas have already seen their May average rainfall fall over the past few days. Roads are closing and farmers are starting to move livestock to safer ground as rain continues to…
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HUNTER RESEARCHER LEADING STUDY FOR NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TREATMENT
Today is World Awareness Day of Neurofibromatosis -a rare, genetic condition, with no known cure. But a Hunter-based researcher is leading a ground-breaking study to find a treatment, which could one day help a Cessnock youngster.