The Narrogin Croquet Club will celebrate a centenary of mallets and hoops in November, a major milestone for not only the group but a game widely enjoyed across the region.
Daniel Rooney
Harry Grigson
Transport Minister Rita Saffioti won’t say whether she will ever seek Federal funding to fix any of WA’s Tier 3 rail lines, four years after raising farmers’ hopes she would chase at least $500 million.
Adam Poulsen & Cally Dupe
The Highbury Tennis Club has marked the end of the 2023-24 season with a gala wind-up that saw Stu Moyses thanked for his contribution to the fabric of the small town club with life membership.
A big crowd gathered in Darkan at the weekend to celebrate the CWA’s WA centenary at the opening of an exhibition showcasing the organisation’s impact on the lives of women in the shire of West Arthur.
The NDNA 2024 season got under way at the weekend with an A1 opening round thriller that saw a buzzer beater land Olympics Gold a hard-fought fought win over Pingelly 1 in Narrogin.
Catherine Thornton
It was hilarity on stage and off as the Narrogin Repertory Club offered up its 2024 debut The Butler Did It!, a character-driven funny whodunnit that had audiences laughing and guessing to the end.
A trial date has been set for a WA man accused of killing two motorists in a head-on crash in the US.
Conor Powell
Student Brodie Hills has set a new record for most sheep shorn in a day at the WA College of Agriculture Narrogin after shearing 60 full-grown ewes on Monday.
A ‘high risk’ Boddington man has been sentenced to prison for physically abusing his former partner and harassing her in 189 messages, threatening to shoot her and burn her house down.
Perth-based artist Stephanie Boyle has spent a busy week in the Wheatbelt South capturing the natural beauty of the landscape with the brush.
Paint and passion have been flying thick and fast in Narrogin as the Friday Artists get ready to deliver their 2024 exhibition Stepping Out.
Anzac Day events honouring the sacrifice made by those who have served Australia and New Zealand will take place across Narrogin and the Wheatbelt South on Thursday.
Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy plays his 100th game in Saturday night’s Optus Stadium clash with the Western Bulldogs. So ahead of his milestone night, The West Australian has ranked all 99 of them.
Jackson Barrett
Anglo American has told BHP it needs to fork out more if it wants the British mining giant’s prized copper mines.
Adrian Rauso
The massive gold operation that claimed its second life in the space of 18 months — and WA’s first mine site death of 2024 — has fallen foul of the safety regulator 10 times in the past two years.
Leading Pinjarra trainer Brett Pope is expected to appeal what he says is an ‘excessive’ sanction for an administrative error after the euthanasia of 15 horses.
Hayden King
West Coast coach Adam Simpson says he hopes his flying midfield can maintain its dominant clearance form without teenage star Harley Reid.
Mitchell Woodcock
A woman has been taken to hospital after a reported chemical spill east of Perth.
Caleb Runciman
People in the southern part of Walpole Wilderness Area have been told to flee as an out of control bushfire, believed to be deliberately lit, threatens lives and homes about 50km west of Denmark.
Tens of thousands of West Australians have gathered to honour the courage and sacrifice of the Anzacs at a moving dawn service at Kings Park on Thursday morning.
The AFL has been slammed as having inconsistent double standards by furious fans after West Coast defender Tom Barrass had his one-game suspension upheld on Wednesday.
The multimillion-dollar project to bring more industrial lots to Kalgoorlie-Boulder has reinvigorated the case for building a transport facility and rerouting freight trains, the city’s mayor says.
Anneke de Boer
Goldfields locals are being encouraged to stop walking past their local history and heritage and instead pop their heads in to learn more about their region
Tegan Guthrie
A group of aviators has reconstructed a photograph captured in the Goldfields more than 60 years ago.
Carwyn Monck
Racking up 50 years service on the police force is no regular feat, but for newly promoted Sgt Karl Rep, it is something he was determined to achieve.
Two new childcare development proposals were given the green light at this week’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder council meeting, offering more than 100 additional day care spots to help meet demand in the community.
Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis announced an $8.6 million drought-assistance package, but farmers are concerned that will only ‘touch the edges’.
Jenny Woo makes $142,000 a month from Amazon alone, now she’s revealed what not to do when embarking on a side hustle.
Jenny Woo
The French town of Saint-Amand-Montrond is selling a 77sqm for €1. It’s a two-level house with two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms ... but there’s a catch.
Celia Fernandez
Tesla kicks off tech earnings with its stock at its lowest point since early 2023. Meta, Apple and Microsoft report later this week and each company faces its own set of concerns.
Hayden Field
The cities that perform well on the list have also developed initiatives that cater to their citizens’ overall quality of life. And one Australian city came in third!
Ernestine Siu
Cruise ship infrastructure at Fremantle is set for a massive upgrade, with the State Government announcing a $40.5 million package to improve Victoria Quay.
Jake Dietsch
The childhood best friend of a woman who died following a house fire in Perth’s southern suburbs has remembered her friend as ‘the most beautiful mother you would ever meet’.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet and Hannah Cross
Child abuse squad detectives are investigating whether two incidents earlier this month are linked which saw an unknown man approach and inappropriately interact with children.
A group of Bunnings customers were rushed to hospital after an unknown substance was allegedly sprayed in the store.
A man has been charged this morning following a death south of Mandurah.
Police have confirmed that they are treating the death of a mother-of-four at the scene of a Perth house fire ‘as murder’, with forensics officers scouring the home this morning.
Troy de Ruyter, Caleb Runciman and Rachel Fenner