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Footy cannedWKFL cancels season 2020

After holding several meetings with clubs and board members this week, the WKFL made the heartbreaking decision to not go ahead with the traditional premiership season this year.

Carly Laden

A determined Caleb Bloomer goes for a tackle on Greenback Jeff Fong.

Spirits bannedAlcohol restrictions for Broome as border due to reopen

Carly Laden

CONSUMER PROTECTIONFire hazard of Samsung top-loaders

Read the latest advice from the Kimberley’s own consumer advocate.

Tom Chapman

ReconciliationSites to embrace Yawuru names

Spots such as Town Beach, Cable Beach and Gantheume Point will officially be recorded with dual names, recognising the current titles and their Yawuru translations.

Jakeb Waddell

High hopesDirect Derby flights still on cards

The town would have been in the midst of a 12-month trial of flights between the two destinations.

Jakeb Waddell

Class actionDougal’s legacy: Bittersweet class action ruling

Emily Brett became a lead litigant in the class action against the Commonwealth with her husband Dougal in 2014, but she this week heard the court’s verdict without him by her side.

Cally Dupe and Madura McCormack

SpeedwaySlow and steady

This year was set to be Broome Speedway’s biggest year, celebrating 50 years of establishment and boasting a packed calendar of thrilling races, including a WA first.

Carly Laden

BLACK AND WRITEblack&write!

An award-winning Halls Creek author has gained further recognition with a writing fellowship to develop a series celebrating indigenous children and community spirit in the Kimberley.

Elise Van Aken

Duo online for WA Day gig

An East Kimberley crooner and her performance partner will join San Cisco and five other West Australian acts for a “socially distant” festival celebrating our State.

Email scams get smarter

When it comes to email scams many of us think of unsolicited and badly spelt money requests, but they are now so sophisticated they’re almost impossible to tell apart from the real thing.

July liquor restriction trial canned

The trial would have seen sales capped at one carton of full-strength beer and three bottles of wine per person each day to reduce antisocial behaviour in the West Kimberley.

Town transformingMakeover all set for mecca

Projects underway and in the pipeline for the North West town include the next phase of the Chinatown Revitalisation and Town Beach redevelopment, airport upgrades and $110m floating jetty.

Jakeb Waddell

Wet weatherBroome smashes May rainfall average overnight

Things got wet during the dry last night when 93mm of rain was dumped on the town.

Jakeb Waddell

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Trial of the centuryClaremont trial: Everything you need to know

For so long, so much has been said and written about the Claremont serial killings, but so little was known. Now for the first time, read everything you need to know about the ‘trial of the century’.

The West Australian

ExclusiveSt John using baby monitors to spy on ambos at work

WA paramedics say they are shocked to discover St John Ambulance is secretly monitoring them at work, with some finding listening devices hidden in mattresses in their rest areas.

Ben Harvey

Taken too soonDad’s heartbreak: Best friends killed in crash revealed

Family members have paid tribute to two Perth women killed in a horror crash on Friday, one a newlywed and the other a talented physiotherapist — friends whose futures were destroyed in an instant.

Bethany Hiatt and Danella Bevis

Regional News

Cash injectionCheaper power on the horizon for remote communities

More affordable electricity could be on the horizon for Indigenous communities across regional WA as the Federal Government injects almost $20 million into local off-grid energy supplies.

Sarah Ison

Shock arrestsAboriginal Legal Service lawyers charged by police

A pair of lawyers who work together in Broome were today arrested for alleged unlawful conduct relating to a number of court cases in the Kimberley.

Jakeb Waddell and Carly Laden

asymptomatic testingKBCHS one of 40 WA schools selected for DETECT program

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School is one of 40 schools invited to participate in both the asymptomatic testing study and the psychosocial survey as part of the DETECT Schools program.

Phoebe Pin

Kimberley border expected to reopen Friday

It would mean travellers could now roam anywhere within WA, with the exception of Indigenous communities.

Direct Derby flights still on cards

The town would have been in the midst of a 12-month trial of flights between the two destinations.

Rio rock shelter blast exposes social risks for miners

Explosions that damaged a 40,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site in the Pilbara are focusing investor concern on the growing reputational risk companies face from social issues.

WA News

Latest updateWA’s active coronavirus cases hits 31

The State’s total coronavirus tally now sits at 599 cases.

Accommodation overhaulBackpackers scrubbed from State’s list after fire death

The East Perth backpackers where a woman was allegedly murdered last year is one of nearly a dozen budget hostels or hotels that will no longer be used to house some of WA’s most vulnerable.

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Man travels 600km to be first at skimpy bar

A Perth man made an epic dash to Kalgoorlie-Boulder to join in celebrations as the Goldfields town’s famous skimpy bars threw open their doors for the first time in months.

LIVE: Cheers! WA comes alive as venues reopen

Today the State enters Phase Three of its recovery, with relaxed restrictions that will allow the reopening of pubs, restaurants, gyms, playgrounds and beauticians.

Remembering Jane: Tragic anniversary as trial end nears

On Monday Bradley Robert Edwards’ murder trial re-starts as the end of WA’s trial of the century nears its conclusion. Sadly, Monday also marks the anniversary of one his alleged victim’s deaths.

ExclusiveTop WA cop in job probe quits amid investigation

Inspector Mike Green was a director of the WA Police Union before he resigned in April, ending a 34-year career amid an investigation that he used his position to get a job for someone he knew.

Ben Harvey, Phil Hickey and Peter Law