The animated characters of Darcy Dingo, Gracie Gecko, and Harry Hopperoo featured at the Perth premiere of Fangs on the Farm, with the trio getting wide-eye appeal for their first aid awareness campaign.
Bob Garnant
For one weekend, Chapman Valley became the music hub of the State, as the Yellowfields Festival held its inaugural event.
Matthew Paddick
A summer crime crackdown which will bring extra resources to regional WA, will be launched in Geraldton this week as the Mid West city grapples with a surge in criminal activity.
Kate Campbell
The Great Southern’s top fire chief has lashed those starting the region’s suspicious and deliberately lit bushfires, saying there is “no excuse” for the “disgusting act”.
Georgia Campion
‘Rodeo will be back’ was the shoutout at the inaugural Brunswick Rodeo, which attracted a crowd of 4500 fans to witness what proved to be one of the South West’s most action-packed events.
Months of background work finally paid off last week when the shire of Augusta-Margaret River brokered a deal with the developers of a new housing estate in Witchcliffe to protect a precious tree.
Warren Hately
One of WA’s most beloved agriculture shows — the Mingenew Midwest Expo — has been cancelled next year, but organisers have vowed it will return bigger and better in 2026.
Olivia Ford
Two rural towns — Yuna and Kondinin — are celebrating after the WA Government backflipped on moves to axe their school bus services, which residents argued would have had ‘devastating’ consequences.
The fire was reported to the Department of Emergency Services at 4.56am and the warning was issued at 7.44am.
Hannah Whitehead
Tucked away in the Avon Valley, about 95km east of Perth, one of WA’s most historically significant pubs will celebrate a major milestone this weekend with two days of live music, food and reminiscing.
Eliza Kavanagh
Following community outcry over the decision, the Shire of Brookton has revoked its plan to demolish its heritage railway station.
The State Government has made funding available to a Mid West shire, after floods and heavy rainfall affected the region earlier this year.
Narrogin’s last steam train fireman was reunited with the PM706 locomotive and coal tender he worked on 52 years ago.
A State Government department is under fire from residents of a south coast town after it carried out a planned prescribed burn on a day with a high fire danger rating during breeding season for native animals.
Melissa Sheil
Strike Energy’s $100 million plan to build a gas power station in the Mid West looks set for development approval after backing from the local government.
Matt Mckenzie
The State Government and Telstra will spend almost $3 million to make telecommunications infrastructure more resilient during extreme weather events and power outages across the Goldfields and Wheatbelt.
Neil Watkinson
After more than half a century of battling blazes to safeguard communities along WA’s remote southern coast, a dedicated firefighter has hung up his helmet for the final time.
Anneke de Boer
Volunteer bush fire brigades across WA have the chance to share in $45,000 of funding after Western Power opened applications for its annual grants program.
Ezra Kaye
Transport access into the town of Fitzroy Crossing, 400km east of Broome, has been strengthened with the opening of the new Brooking Channel Bridge set for November 13.
Natasha Clark
Community spirit, flash fashion and some seriously good dance moves were on show at Elders’ Frock for the Flock Ball, which raised $38,000 for the Keep The Sheep campaign.
A new book detailing the history of the farming town of Pingrup has been released a year after the small Great Southern community celebrated its centenary.
WA’s Grain Harvest Aerial Fleet program has been activated early as fire risks continue to escalate during harvest time, with two waterbomber aerial strike teams now put on stand by in Geraldton and Narrogin.
Olivia Ford & Hannah Whitehead
Opposition Leader Shane Love has slammed WA’s Energy Minister for talking up the Cook Government’s power reliability track record on the same day a major blackout hit the Wheatbelt and Mid West.
A record-breaking number of submissions expressing connectivity issues from Australian regional, rural and remote residents have been received in the Australian Government’s Regional Telecommunications Review.
Sofia Fimognari
