Mid West farmer Liz Sudlow has become the first female to be elected Shire of Northampton president in the local government’s 150-plus year history.
Phoebe Pin
The location and date of the trial of a Geraldton masseur accused of indecently assaulting several of his female clients is still up in the air.
The population of Carnarvon is on the rise after a more than 10-year decline, with more housing needed to support future growth.
Dantu Charandasi, India’s highest-ranking diplomat in WA met members from the Midwest Multicultural Association and Midwest Indian Cultural Society at a morning tea on Saturday.
Michael Roberts
A Mid West marine rescue group says the culture around wearing life jackets needs to change if new boating laws are to work effectively.
Outraged communities will again take to the streets in the Mid West and across Australia on Thursday to protest the acquittal of a police officer who fatally shot an Aboriginal mother two years ago.
After a six-year hiatus the Gascoyne Games returned with 500 athletes in Exmouth over the weekend to compete across 12 different sporting disciplines.
Alexander Scott
An exhibition aimed at introducing and connecting the community through art has opened in Exmouth.
Cheyanne Enciso
With international and State borders closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourists have been exploring regional WA in large numbers.
A court has heard the actions of the police officer who drew his gun on an armed Yamatji woman in Geraldton deprived his colleagues a tactical advantage and cost a ‘disturbed’ woman her life.
Emily Moulton
More than an hour’s drive from the nearest GP clinic, Yalgoo Primary School is visited by allied health students in a variety of disciplines — speech pathology, occupational therapy and audiology.
Edward Scown
Race fans will get to see whether The Chaser lives up to his name at Geraldton Turf Club tomorrow - Natasha Faithfull is aboard and hoping for one better after they ran second last meeting.
Reuben Carder
While I am cycling, I often feel like a tourist in my own neighbourhood. I see animals, people and surroundings that I just wouldn’t if I was zipping by in a car.
Derek Goforth
Items ranging from a $2400 Broome holiday package to a single movie ticket will be up for grabs on Sunday, all donated by local businesses.
The 72-year-old who drowned off the coast of Green Head last week has been identified as long-term Jurien Bay resident Rockley Heales.
The future of Three Springs’ St Paul’s Catholic Church is still up in the air more than six months after the historic building was battered by ex-tropical cyclone Seroja.
The crew of a commercial fishing vessel operating at the Abrolhos Islands were rescued by a nearby yacht at the weekend after their boat ran aground.
While the worst of the front would be experienced in Perth, a severe weather warning would stay in place for tonight across the Mid West.
Elise Van Aken
It was female v rural representation when two experienced councillors went up against each other for the role of Greater Geraldton’s deputy mayor.
A tie, some trounced incumbents, tight contests and new faces joining the fold — local government elections across the Mid West and Gascoyne threw up some interesting results over the weekend.
Edward Scown & Elise Van Aken
The police officer who fatally shot an Aboriginal woman in a Geraldton street was taught he should pull his gun when a suspect was armed with a knife but was never told he should fire it.
Darlene Allston, Jackie Brooks and David Gillespie were elected to four-year terms on Saturday night.
Woodside revealed in July it was working with WA recreational fishing body Recfishwest on a plan to sink the 2529-tonne Nganhurra riser turret mooring 16km off the back of the Ningaloo Reef.
A desperate search for a missing four-year-old girl who vanished from her family’s camp site north of Carnarvon is expected to continue through the night.
Phoebe Pin & Briana Fiore
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