Their life and education is defined by isolation but a project a year in the making has united the students of Carnarvon School of the Air like never before
Staff reporter
The AFL is considering establishing footy hubs in remote WA towns so teenagers can remain at home for longer instead of having to re-locate, and one former Docker who is living in the Pilbara loves the concept.
Craig O'Donoghue
A bushfire in Broomehill is contained and under control thanks to the efforts of local fireys but a watch and act alert remains in place for the area.
Georgia Campion
Residents in Cervantes are breathing a sigh of relief, with firefighters managing to hold-off an out-of-control bushfire threatening the town overnight — but authorities are bracing for challenging weather.
Jessica Evensen
A huge part of WA’s southern coastal region has a dire bushfire risk this summer after a warmer than usual cool season left soil bone-dry, with widespread vegetation die-off creating a tinderbox scenario.
Rebecca Le May
Cervantes residents have been warned it is too late to leave as an out-of-control bushfire moves towards the coastal town.
Jessica Evensen and Caleb Runciman
A bushfire warning for residents in West Toodyay has been downgraded to a watch and act but residents have been warned to stay alert.
A former Australia Post employee in the small Great Southern town of Ongerup has been jailed after he was caught by auditors stealing nearly half a million dollars to pay his gambling debts.
The WA Nationals have called on the Federal Government and Telstra to do more to boost mobile coverage in the Mid West, saying they have concerns over people’s safety as we approach the summer months.
Matthew Paddick
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.
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”.
‘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