THE Greens have preselected Cessnock City councillor James Ryan as its number two candidate on its Senate ticket at the next federal election in 2013. A party spokesman said Greens NSW MP Cate Faehrmann would be the party's first candidate on the ...

The Hunter Economic Zone must be returned to the hands of the state government and kick-started if Kurri Kurri's economy is to survive the loss of Hydro Aluminium, Cessnock MP Clayton Barr said. Mr Barr said the 344 workers who had lost their jobs must ...

The Kurri Kurri Bulldogs lost the battle of the Coalfields against arch rivals Cessnock on Saturday afternoon, going down 24-16 in an enthralling contest. The win leaves the Goannas undefeated so far in the 2012 Newcastle Rugby League season and ...

CESSNOCK is officially the Hunter's most popular town in real estate terms, with more people buying in the area than anywhere else in the region last year. Cessnock is considered one of the last bastions of affordable housing in the Hunter, ...

CESSNOCK coach Todd Edwards has set his competition leaders the challenge of proving they are the Newcastle Rugby League's dominant pack by taming arch rivals Kurri Kurri in today's top-of-the-table showdown at Cessnock Sportsground.

ABC reported that the impending closure of the Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter is expected to see longer job queues in Cessnock which already has the Hunter's highest unemployment rate. The local community is now demanding government assistance to deal ...

The last time Kurri Kurri and Cessnock met in a Newcastle Rugby League decider it was 1940. On that day the Bulldogs defeated the Goannas 12-5, but it was the Coalfields region that reigned supreme. More than seven decades on and the traditional ...

''The impact on Kurri in the short term will be serious because there is no plan in the Cessnock local government area to generate more employment for blue collar people,'' he said. New father Brad Knight now faces his second redundancy in five years.