There is some good news for locals after a suspicious bushfire burned 9000ha of dense bushland in the Walpole Wilderness Area.
Lauren Price
Sean Van Der Wielen and Bethany Hiatt
With the ongoing dry spell impacting the South West, shires are continuing to extend fire restrictions.
Craig Duncan
Small businesses in Harvey and Waroona will have the opportunity to take part in a free online workshop to help them plan digital initiatives, manage business risks and implement resilience strategies.
Claudette Rizzi
After the State Government stepping in to save the Dolphin Discovery Centre from administration, Regional Development Minister Don Punch, has backed the funding to last.
Oliver Lane
Over 10 million native animals meeting their end on our roads each year. Squashed, splattered and smacked by the unending barrage of vehicles.
Bunbury mother of two Jessica Lewis has become a homegrown success in the space of a year after creating an award-winning business from scratch.
Community members, veterans and their loved ones gathered on Thursday morning to honour and remember those who have served their nation at war.
Amber Lilley
Waroona residents gather at newly opened war memorial on Thursday morning to pay their respects this Anzac Day
A pilot whale has washed up at Eagle Bay — close to where a mass stranding occurred in the South West yesterday — and a small pod has been spotted off the coast nearby.
Busselton’s new war memorial was officially opened early this week ahead of Anzac Day commemorations.
Bunbury MLA Don Punch is set to challenge for his third term in State Parliament after the Minister was officially nominated as the candidate for Bunbury.
Looking at the rows of gravestone heads at the Kanchanaburi Cemetery while having time off from fighting during the Vietnam War was a moment which encapsulated the huge sacrifice of war for veteran Chris Wark.
A WA father and son who were recruited to take part in one of the biggest heroin smuggling operations in WA history tried to fool police by feeding them a story about their involvement in a bid to avoid arrest.
Emily Moulton
Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy plays his 100th game in Saturday night’s Optus Stadium clash with the Western Bulldogs. So ahead of his milestone night, The West Australian has ranked all 99 of them.
Jackson Barrett
Anglo American has told BHP it needs to fork out more if it wants the British mining giant’s prized copper mines.
Adrian Rauso
The massive gold operation that claimed its second life in the space of 18 months — and WA’s first mine site death of 2024 — has fallen foul of the safety regulator 10 times in the past two years.
They aren’t members of an outlaw motorcycle gang but they ride through the streets like they own them. A group of youths accused of terrorising the northern suburbs are back.
Caleb Runciman
The luxury mansion approved by the local shire for Perth inventor Mataki Lim would be the most expensive building in WA.
Sean Smith
West Coast coach Adam Simpson says he hopes his flying midfield can maintain its dominant clearance form without teenage star Harley Reid.
A woman has been taken to hospital after a reported chemical spill east of Perth.
People in the southern part of Walpole Wilderness Area have been told to flee as an out of control bushfire, believed to be deliberately lit, threatens lives and homes about 50km west of Denmark.
Meat and Livestock Australia’s BeefUp forum is coming to the Pilbara later this month, with a jam-packed two-day program at Newman and Roy Hill.
Adam Poulsen
The multimillion-dollar project to bring more industrial lots to Kalgoorlie-Boulder has reinvigorated the case for building a transport facility and rerouting freight trains, the city’s mayor says.
Anneke de Boer
Goldfields locals are being encouraged to stop walking past their local history and heritage and instead pop their heads in to learn more about their region
Tegan Guthrie
A group of aviators has reconstructed a photograph captured in the Goldfields more than 60 years ago.
Racking up 50 years service on the police force is no regular feat, but for newly promoted Sgt Karl Rep, it is something he was determined to achieve.
Two new childcare development proposals were given the green light at this week’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder council meeting, offering more than 100 additional day care spots to help meet demand in the community.
Jenny Woo makes $142,000 a month from Amazon alone, now she’s revealed what not to do when embarking on a side hustle.
Jenny Woo
The French town of Saint-Amand-Montrond is selling a 77sqm for €1. It’s a two-level house with two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms ... but there’s a catch.
Celia Fernandez
Tesla kicks off tech earnings with its stock at its lowest point since early 2023. Meta, Apple and Microsoft report later this week and each company faces its own set of concerns.
Hayden Field
The cities that perform well on the list have also developed initiatives that cater to their citizens’ overall quality of life. And one Australian city came in third!
Ernestine Siu
A batch of much-needed rain is set to slightly replenish some of WA’s dams as water supplies dwindle in parts of the State.
The State Government will reopen WA’s two best-known tree climbs and extend a showcase cycling trail as part of a $165 million Budget commitment to upgrade the adventure tourism sector.
Perth locals are urged to keep an eye out for Moon the dolphin as an environmental conservation group raises grave concerns for her health.
A teenage girl has appeared in court charged over a shock knife attack in Northbridge that left her alleged victim with multiple stab wounds and a perforated diaphragm.
A teenager has been charged after an alleged robbery plunged a busy shopping centre into chaos.
Thousands of Perth protestors have joined a desperate nationwide call for an end to violence against women, with figures showing at least 27 have been killed by men in Australia so far this year.
Tim Clarke, Sean Smith and Dylan Caporn