Jenny Marchant

“I ran knowing so many people helped me get to this point,” says ultramarathon runner, Maree Connor.

“A lot of people, even people in the hospital don’t know we’re here,” John Hunter Hospital School principal Amy Kurtz said.

To avoid spending a fortune on new toys that might be deemed boring very quickly, a Newcastle library allows you to borrow them.

Could you survive in the Tasmanian wilderness, alone? With nothing but the clothes on your back, a camera and a few basic tools? Well, that’s exactly what Port Stephens resident Mike Atkinson did for the SBS show Alone Australia.

Flight Lieutenant Ross Bowman will speed over the Newcastle 500 in a F-35A Lightning II jet.

Charities are battling a supply shortage driven by weather events and the ability of manufacturers and retailers to better manage waste.

Hunter Valley residents have resorted to flying foxes and temporary bridges to traverse deep gouges left by flooding on their treasured communities.

Authorities are investigating why a creek that flows through the Newcastle inner city suburbs of Carrington, Tighes Hill, Islington, and Wickham has filled with dead fish this week.

Flight Lieutenant Ross Bowman says when you plug in the afterburner of Australia’s newest fighter jet, it’s a struggle to keep his head off the headrest as it accelerates.

What started as a small lockdown challenge grows into something that's bringing the neighbourhood together.

If you’re finding remote learning a bit of a drag, you’re obviously not in Brendan Jackson’s kindergarten class. Last year, he wigged out and frocked up to Frozen. Now he’s back.

A service station in Newcastle has been closed for deep cleaning after a removalist with the virus visited the venue, making it the second exposure site in the Hunter.

An independent school where learning incorporates Aboriginal texts, poetry, dancing, painting and singing is teaching primary-school-aged kids pride in their cultural identities.

If you suffer from trypophobia, or an aversion to the sight of clusters of small holes, you might want to take a deep breath before laying your eyes on a Suriname toad.

A hip-hop music video released in Newcastle has broken new ground in the genre, featuring two artists who rap using communication devices.

The daring escapades of WWI stowaway Maud Butler are being remembered in a new children’s book.

The Salvation Army says almost two thirds of clients are experiencing extreme housing stress, with regional Australians especially vulnerable.

A Lake Macquarie man currently in Fiji says going through Cyclone Winston was the most frightening experience of his life.

A toy library catering for children with disabilities is making learning and play more accessible.

Students from Hamilton North Public School donate gifts to 1233 ABC Newcastle's Giving Tree in the final day of the charity collection for 2015.