Goldfields

Missing personsThe Goldfields faces that are missing but not forgotten

Today marks the end of National Missing Persons Week, an annual campaign to highlight cases in the hope a vital piece can resurface to complete the puzzle.

Taylar Amonini

Goldfields gardensHow to grow tropical ginger in cool, dry desert climate

Ginger loves the wet tropics ,but good harvests are achievable here. My best harvests were grown in large pots (30cm-40cm diameter).

Lilian Walters

$3300 fineKalgoorlie drink-driver busted five times over limit

Jarred Blowes was convicted in his absence for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving without a valid licence, and failing to stop for police.

Taylar Amonini

Cash boostHistoric Norseman gold mine revival’s $55m boost

The Halls Creek gold miner that last year snapped up a half-stake in the project in a deal with Central Norseman Gold Corporation said the raising would put Pantoro in a financially strong position

Jason Mennell

Rec renoBoulder’s Rec Hotel reopens for first time since COVID

The popular watering hole has been undergoing a major renovation while shut down during the coronavirus pandemic

Tegan Guthrie

Touching downKal family stuck in India spend $40,000 to return home

The Klein family was trapped in India when COVID-19 struck while on a trip to a village near the Bhutan border to help build a well, goat and pig pens, and hand out food packages for the needy

Tegan Guthrie

Motorcyclist caughtFleeing motorcyclist who dumped bike caught

The incident at the intersection of Hannan and Maritana streets at about 4.15pm today involved an unmarked police car, a dirt bike and some fleet-footed policemen.

Keynote addressMcGowan new headliner for Diggers

Organisers of the annual Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie-Boulder have tapped WA Premier Mark McGowan to fill keynote speaker duties at this year’s postponed talkfest.

Daniel Newell

Digger and DealersMark McGowan to headline keynote address at Diggers

“It is fitting that the resources industry welcomes the Premier to Kalgoorlie to discuss his Government's response to the pandemic.”

Jason Mennell

COVID tunesEsperance musos channel lockdown in new singles

A product of the pandemic period, the trio of tunes unearths a new side to the blues group as they dip their toes into an alternative pop-rock realm.

Indiana Lysaght

All smilesMiners relaxed in lead-up to WA poll

The mining industry was front-and-centre on the campaign trail in the 2017 State election, a role some argue was the key factor in former WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls losing his Pilbara seat.

Tom Zaunmayr

Indecent dealingsMan who groped 13yo girl in Kalgoorlie jailed 14 months

The man, who is now 44 and who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was charged with two counts of indecent dealings with a child over the age of 13 and under the age of 16 in 2018.

Taylar Amonini

Guess who’s backDave Grills to fight for old seat at 2021 WA Election

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder councillor and former WA Nationals Upper House member Dave Grills this week revealed he would re-contest his old seat under the Western Australia Party banner.

Tom Zaunmayr

Rock chicksWomen-only bouldering sessions for Kalgoorlie

West Kalgoorlie’s Archer Boulders will be opening its gym exclusively to local women every Wednesday evening for six weeks, with sessions suitable for people of all fitness abilities.

Phoebe Pin

Something differentDrag queen karaoke on in Kalgoorlie tonight

The pop diva queen will host the event, which is the first of five being brought to Kalgoorlie-Boulder by the Privilege Group.

Tegan Guthrie

Drug bustGoldfields link to PNG cocaine plane crash

Goldfields Air Services managing director and chief pilot Dougal McQuie yesterday told the Kalgoorlie Miner he had his doubts about the sale of the aeroplane to a broker in August 2018

Jason Mennell

Sense of changeTiming right for Esperance to embrace the foodie boom

The trailblazers are established, and the willingness to rise to the occasion from other businesses is clearly there. Esperance’s food scene is ready for revolution, writes Tom Zaunmayr

Tom Zaunmayr

Sailor Soldier SurgeonKal medical pioneer’s WWI Red Baron links retold

Sailor Soldier Surgeon: The Life of George W. Barber tells the story of a boy from London who was in charge of the first hospital in Kalgoorlie and later served in WWI

Neil Watkinson

LOCATION HUNTHoedown’s last hurrah with Heartwalk-inspired mural

Founded on the back of a Farewell to Uterus Party in 2011, the annual hoedown ran for seven straight years as a way to foster friendships, raise awareness of women’s health and the prevention of DV.

Indiana Lysaght

HOME DECORPreserved florals on trend for small business success

The new co-working hair and beauty salon on Hannan Street has just welcomed its newest tenant — Claudia Symonds’ boutique florist Petal Lane Studio.

Kelsey Reid

MINETALKPromising sulphide hit for Poseidon see shares jump

Shares in a Goldfields-focused explorer looking to revive a shuttered nickel mine yesterday surged nearly 50 per cent on the back of another promising nickel sulphide hit at its Golden Swan discovery.

Jason Mennell

GOOD CAUSEPizza throwing champs ready for Variety race day

Kalgoorlie-Boulder residents are invited to dust off their fascinators and warm up their pizza-throwing arms ahead of Variety Race Day on Sunday.

Phoebe Pin

MINETALK$5m exploration stimulus timely for Goldfields region

State Mines Minister Bill Johnston says even though there are signs the mining industry is flourishing, it is the perfect time for the State Government to be pumping cash into exploration.

Jason Mennell