How do first home buyers break into the Newy property market? Climate change forces vigernons to adapt, and did Kia inspire Blak Douglas to win the Archibald Prize?

A Newcastle Knights doctor is heading back to his homeland of Ukraine to help. Carl Caulfield is treading the boards with his local play inspired by everyday life and it's girls in, groms out at the beach this weekend.

Supply, pandemic and climate change will hit your hip pocket for local coffee prices soon, Newcastle's cocaine mystery death sees an arrest in Cairns and how the Hunter has dug deep for flood victims in Lismore.

A Ukrainian couple has fled to Australia after their homeland was invaded earlier this year and a day on the farm for Hunter Valley kids casts a spotlight on the realities of a hard day’s work.

All of Newcastle is talking. How did $20 million of cocaine wash up with a dead man? Locals furious after wheelchairs blocked from early voting. Newcastle's adopted fighter Tim Tszyu immortalised in the Archibald Prize.

What does live music bring to a local economy? A bunch of Newcastle musicians are taking up the fight to save the historic Cambridge Hotel from becoming student accommodation. Ten principals across NSW are being rewarded for their work, including one from Charlestown, and Muswellbrook may soon have 24-hour care for pets.

How are mums coming together after dealing with loss? Why are tradies missing out on the 9-5? And who made the cut in the World Surf League?

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Would you want 400 dogs living next door? Why are these kids starting a food truck? And why do teachers want more than thanks?  

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