A push for the reinstatement of a passenger train service between Perth and Albany is gathering steam after a high-level meeting between key stakeholders from local and State politics.
Tom ShanahanReporter
Taj Stubber
Twelve talented youths from the Shire of Cuballing have painted two mesmerising murals to capture the beauty of life in Cuballing.
Campbell Williamson
Narrogin’s five schools came together to pay their respects to service members past and present at a combined schools service at Memorial Park last week.
Narrogin Residential College’s special evening Anzac service on Thursday last week was the culmination of months of learning.
South Fremantle were too tall and too strong in the contest for Peel as the reigning premiers clinched an 18-point win in front of more than 1800 fans at Pingelly Oval on Saturday
Mitchell Woodcock
Katanning’s Sheridan Kowald said it was a special feeling running out with her two sisters in a WAFLW league match in the Upper Great Southern on Saturday
Players returned to the hockey turf for the start of the new Upper Great Southern Hockey Association season at the weekend
Forty-two years after first meeting in the Royal Australian Navy, Narrogin couple Tracey and Jurgen Brandner make sure their grandchildren know the importance of Anzac Day.
Narrogin veteran Neill Dorset hopes everyone can take a moment this Anzac Day to contemplate the sacrifices made in ensuring this country’s freedom.
Since first playing The Last Post on Anzac Day some 12 years ago, Ms Ballantyne has bugled at the shores of Gallipoli and at the grave of her great-grandfather in Shrapnel Valley.
Despite recent changes to government advice clouding the vaccine roll-out in Australia, Earl Street Surgery practice manager, Eileen Lloyd, says there’s been minimal changes necessary at Earl Street.
Boddington’s proposed kangaroo sculpture was designed to be the tallest in Australia but plans have since stalled and uncertainty now clouds the roo’s future.
Luke Sweedman has explored nearly all of WA’s nooks and crannies during his career as a botanist. He’s so planted in the field that he even has a tree named after him. Here is his story.
Steve Butler
The family of a young Manjimup electrician who died in a workplace accident have spoken of their heartbreak at losing a ‘carefree’ soul who was ‘so, so loved’.
Ben Loughran
He’s an Aquinas College graduate who’s been photographed rubbing shoulders with former footy stars and splashing cash, so how did Chris Brown get caught up in a $120 million Federal court case?
Sarah Steger
The report found Aboriginal prisoners were “not proportionally represented” in the more desirable employment opportunities, gratuity levels, or accommodation standards.
Jackson Barrett
At a time when the State’s embattled tourism industry is at a critical juncture, about 300 delegates will meet in Geraldton next week to discuss how to keep visitors coming to Western Australia.
Phoebe Pin and Liam Beatty
Esperance’s Twilight Beach carpark could soon be buzzing with food trucks after councillors decided to move away from the one-lease structure to an open trading permit system.
Amber Lilley
A man who allegedly spat in a police officer’s face before biting him and another officer on the hand as they attempted to arrest him has been released on bail.
Shock claims that prisoners were caught having sex behind bars have emerged from a Kalgoorlie prison managing male and female inmates, sparking anger from the WA Prison Officers Union.
Australians could get more choice in locally made beer and gin, with the Morrison Government set to slash taxes on brewers and distilleries in this month’s Federal Budget.
Lanai Scarr
A Perth lawyer has accused Chris Brown of creating a fake email using high-profile law firm Bennett & Co’s letterhead to claim more than $6.7 million was heading into one of his bank accounts.
Neale Prior
More gymnasts have come forward about their mistreatment at the WA Institute of Sport, with one former athlete alleging a coach slapped her, put their hands around her neck, and shook her.
Whether the Corruption and Crime Commission acted legally in pursuit of allegedly grubby behaviour by some WA politicians was the subject of two days of lofty argument in the Supreme Court last week.
A WA judge has blasted a man who filmed himself violating his former girlfriend while she slept, saying all women have the right to be in a relationship ‘without having sexual acts forced upon them’.
Business high flyer Bret Silvey — the man accused of ripping millions from family and friends in a bogus finance scheme — finds himself at the centre his own tale of friendship, secrets and betrayal.
Tim Clarke
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