Radar services have returned to Wyndham almost a year after a lightning strike took out the permanent tower, damaging it beyond repair
Georgia Campion
Tickets are expected to sell out fast for the eighth annual Lake Argyle Swim, with more locals to take part in next year’s event following community feedback.
Derby Netball Association will maintain cheaper, regular access to its local sport centre for the next two years after the previous agreement expired.
Eliana Hullett
A WA-led research project on one of the world’s most mysterious and elusive whale species has discovered new information through a collection of underwater recordings.
A family-owned cattle station in West Kimberley has been given the go-ahead to install new stock grids along busy roads to improve local traffic and driver safety.
Almost 600 young people from across the Kimberley are preparing to come together for a record-breaking footy carnival delivered by Freo Dockers stars.
The State Government’s Ellendale-Bunuba Trainee Program has churned out six new graduates as more works to rehabilitate a Kimberley diamond mine is under way
The Pilbara and Kimberley are still bird-flu free as efforts to vaccinate vulnerable species continue.
Laura Newell
A local from the Kimberley is one of four young West Australians appointed as 2027 Youth Week WA Ambassadors.
Joshua Dowdall
Chelsea Cortese was suing Avanova Pty Ltd in the WA District Court, more than seven years after she was injured in a helicopter crash, piloted by Troy Thomas, off Raft Point in 2019.
Jessica Evensen
A new campaign has launched in the Kimberley, encouraging several Aboriginal communities including in Broome and Fitzroy Crossing to start conversations about gambling harm.
Five saltwater crocodile sightings have been confirmed in the Broome area in the past 14 days, with multiple beaches closed following the latest encounters.
Two Kimberley footballers have been recognised among the standout performers at the 2026 Women’s Country Championships in Perth.
A temporary weather radar at Wyndham is undergoing final testing with imagery expected to be made public by the end of the month.
The State Government has promised that a proposed merger of three WA universities will benefit regional and remote students.
Hayley Primmer
A Broome-based Aboriginal Economic Development not-for-profit organisation has helped Indigenous entities in regional Western Australia secure more than $31.3 million in contracts in the last year alone
Broome Senior High School students take part in suicide prevention training through a Zero2Hero roadshow in the Kimberley
Phoebe Solon
Australian author George Kyriakou’s latest novel, The Outback Redemption, is a murder mystery exploring family secrets, corporate corruption and the pursuit of justice, set in The Kimberley
A Kununurra apprentice has been recognised for his dedication to the automotive trade, taking out the WA regional winner title in the 2026 Capricorn Rising Stars Awards.
A new eating disorder screening tool developed with Aboriginal communities is being launched in the Kimberley to help identify concerns among young people earlier.
Upgrades to the Kalumburu airstrip to improve a vital link to essential services for the remote Kimberley community have been completed.
Disgraced former bishop Christopher Saunders has been jailed for grooming and molesting two young Aboriginal men more than a decade ago.
A young woman has gone head to head with a high-profile tourism operator, claiming a ‘permanent psychiatric illness’ after surviving a horror helicopter crash off the Kimberley coast in 2019.
Northern pastoralists can get an update on a project using crop by-products to boost profitable, sustainable beef production at an open day near Kununurra later this month.
Rebecca Nadge
