Luisa Rubbo

Strong winds are fanning the flames of a fire burning close to popular camping spots to the north of Wooli and west of Minnie Water.

The death of a suspected fin whale has provided the Australian Museum with what could be only the third set of tissue samples gathered from the species in almost 200 years.

A night-time spectacle in waters off the New South Wales mid north coast and Sydney delights many this Christmas-New Year holiday period.

It is a wet end to the year on the NSW Coffs Coast, with floodwater inundating car parks and apartment buildings, and a New Year's Eve event being cancelled.

Gridlock on the narrow streets of Seal Rocks in 2022 caused traffic jams of up to four hours and threatened to block access for emergency services.

A one-punch attacker's barrister tells a NSW court he was "triggered" by seeing the victim, who was a convicted child sex offender, with a young woman before the fatal assault.

A fire being treated as suspicious destroys 40 cars and two trailers at an automotive business at South Kempsey on the NSW Mid North Coast.

A 61-year-old man charged with several alleged child sex offences after a 10-month police operation has been refused bail in the Port Macquarie Local Court.

The halt covers more than 8,400 hectares of forest, in pockets of "koala hubs" within the national park proposed on the Mid North Coast.

Surfer Toby Begg is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark on a NSW beach. The off-duty doctor who saved him says he is a "fighter".

Fire fighters battled more than 170 bushfires across the state over the weekend, 12 of which may have been the work of arsonists.

The aunt of an Indigenous teen whose arrest is under an internal police investigation has lodged an official complaint with the police watchdog.

The arrest of the 18-year-old Indigenous man was videoed and shared on social media, which the NSW police minister said was "difficult to watch".

Named Milo the Milestone Devil, the four-month-old joey was discovered during a regular pouch inspection, meaning the wildlife sanctuary has produced 500 joeys since it was launched on the mainland during 2011.

Police say the man and a friend were fishing in rough conditions on the NSW Mid North Coast when the tragedy occurred.

A spear fisherman who spent the night on a remote island in the Beowa National Park has been found safe and well on day two of the search.

Ray Walkden and Ray Jones were first on scene at two of the country's deadliest road crashes in 1989. They say emergency and healthcare workers will need support after Sunday's crash.

Authorities have closed a beach on the NSW Mid North Coast as they work to remove the body of a 15-tonne whale.

Conservationists at a NSW breeding facility are "cheering" as they attempt save the Manning River turtle from extinction.

The annual whale migration has begun, but there's one humpback in particular that experts and whale watchers are hoping to see. After a three-year absence, will Migaloo be spotted?

Jasmine Davies packed up and moved when she was unable to find a bulk-billing GP in Newcastle. Despite being NSW's largest regional city, it's one of four federal electorates where no GPs offer the concession.

The arrow, which was accidentally fired by 53-year-old NSW man Andrew Hughes, had to be surgically removed from the boy's head.

An 86-year-old retired Anglican minister dies after being hit by a vehicle at a pedestrian crossing on NSW's Mid North Coast, with fresh charges pending for a 63-year old driver released on conditional bail.

The Great Koala National Park looks likely to go ahead after a decade of campaigning by conservationists. But the NSW forestry industry, which logs in the proposed park area, is likely to be impacted.

A former senior constable who spoke to a Taree man for more than three hours before he was fatally shot tells a court he regrets some of his comments.