Regional councils are pushing back against a flood of wind turbines, calling for more support from the State Government and a better financial return to locals.
Dylan Caporn
Firefighters have contained an out-of-control bushfire that was moving towards Narrogin with authorities downgrading advice from prepare to leave to avoid the area.
Eliza Kavanagh
A second woman has been charged following the murder of Gregory James McCracken near Boddington in December.
Rachel Fenner
Newly released cabinet papers lay bare the key role of WA farmer Trevor Flugge as a government adviser on agriculture in Iraq during the post-invasion transition of power.
Katina Curtis
Albany Finance Fury are in the box seat for a grand final berth with two impressive victories in the 2024 Southern Smash on Sunday.
Harry Grigson
A woman has appeared in court charged with trying to murder a man over a number of months before finally killing him near Boddington.
Jake Dietsch
Police have charged a 39-year-old man over the fiery crash in the Wheatbelt on Boxing Day that killed a man and injured five others.
The elderly couple’s home burnt to the ground along with their car and caravan, leaving them with just the clothes on their backs.
A driver has been killed in a horror Boxing Day crash in the Wheatbelt.
A Narrogin horse rider and her WA teammates have taken out a podium position at a national equestrian competition, proving that the State is a “force to be reckoned with”.
Hannah Whitehead
A man who accused of going 151km/h in a 110km/h zone has denied the charge in a chaotic court appearance where he represented himself and repeatedly spoke over the magistrate.
A Wheatbelt man who punched his mother so hard he fractured his finger while yelling “you will die” before assaulting a police officer has been jailed for 11 months.
A man who fell asleep at the wheel and crashed an unlicensed vehicle into a power pole, causing it to split and fall on the road, has been fined $1500.
Three West Australians — two from the Kimberley and one from the Wheatbelt — have been announced as finalists for AgriFutures Australia’s 2025 Rural Women’s Award.
Rebecca Turner
Albany-born comedian Amy Hetherington is about to embark on a 50-show tour of regional Australia — here are the WA towns she is most excited to visit.
Amy Hetherington
We’ve all seen the images of micro homes, or as the Australian Tiny House Association calls them, tiny houses.
Trevor Whittington
A budding agricultural science scholar based in WA’s Wheatbelt has scooped a prestigious award for his research into new alternatives to the chemical fertiliser superphosphate.
Adam Poulsen
Tom Curtain, two-time Golden Guitar winner and ambassador for Dolly’s Dream, will soon be performing to country audiences in WA as part of his ‘Good Life’ tour.
Olivia Ford
As another harvest draws to a close, the Countryman team is excited to share some of our favourite readers’ photos from this season.
Staff reporters
Drivers are being urged to slow down and take care on Great Southern roads these holidays as the double demerit period rapidly approaches.
Georgia Campion
Two water bombers are on their way to a serious blaze in Beverley, where people have been told to leave the area or prepare to defend their homes.
A former Albany real estate agent and fraudulent sparky has been remanded in custody four days after he was granted bail for allegedly attacking his partner and threatening her dog.
Young Katanning sailor Zavier Potter may live more than 150km from the ocean, but that did not stop him from conquering all at the O’Pen Skiff Intermediate Division Regatta to be crowned WA sailing champion.
Two elderly people were taken to hospital following a serious crash in Narrogin in which a car smashed through a brick wall.
