Regional WA

HURTING FROM LOSSI will never forgive him: mum on cop

The adoptive mother of a Geraldton woman shot dead by a police officer says she has nothing to say to the man who allegedly murdered her daughter.

Liam Beatty

MOTHER’S HEARTACHEShe was parents’ ‘pride and joy’

Anne Jones wants her daughter to be remembered as a good person who had her moments but was well respected in the community.

Liam Beatty

LEADERSHIP GROWTHMid West farmer aims to promote local practices

Geraldton farmer Murray McCartney has been selected as one of only 10 farmers nationwide to participate in the prestigious GrainGrowers’ leadership program.

Liam Beatty

Consumer ProtectionBe travel money savvy

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

Tom Chapman

Fresh tarmacKalgoorlie road renewal ‘most extensive’ ever taken

Councillors at Monday night’s ordinary meeting unanimously endorsed the $2 million project targeting roads in need of urgent repair.

Jason Mennell

Social snapsPicture gallery: KBCCI Business After Hours

Local businesspeople from all industries enjoyed an evening of networking at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s February Business After Hours event last week.

Novel ideaEsperance cafe brews up eco-conscious mug exchange

Hesitant to hold up staff washing dine-in cups, Downtown Espresso Bar jumped on-board the cup-exchange idea

Indiana Lysaght

Financial plungeAussie market dives $39bn as losses continue

Local stocks have suffered another battering as the ASX dropped for the third day straight taking total losses to $120 billion, while Treasurer Josh Frydenberg remained coy on whether the planned budget surplus was compromised.

John Dagge, Peter Taylor and Anthony Keane

AirportCarpark fees at airport set to double

City of Busselton councillors have voted to double the cost of daily parking at Busselton-Margaret River Airport.

Jackson Lavell-Lee

See the listSuburbs where you will find the most singles

A national snapshot of mortgages has revealed shocking insights into Australia’s housing market, including our most unaffordable city, the number of retirees who still owe the bank and the suburbs where single men and women live.

Sophie Elsworth

CrimeMan, 43, charged after fatal crash in Kununurra

Major Crash investigators alleged the man was the driver of a Nissan utility carrying five passengers that crashed on Valentine Spring Road around 10:40am on Saturday November 23, 2019.

Carly Laden

Clean-upSignificant track works underway to repair Wallan train loop

The front power car of the derailed XPT Sydney-Melbourne train has been removed from the site, with dozens of people now working to repair the damaged tracks near Wallan.

Brianna Travers

Pay backWoolworths underpayment scandal pushes $400m

Woolworths has upped the figure of its underpayment scandal by a multimillion-dollar sum, as a review into the nation’s single biggest case of short-changed workers continues.

John Dagge, Shoba Rao, Nathan Vass, AAP

Lightning picsPicture gallery: force of nature lights up the skies

Photographers and onlookers lined the path for hours watching the first impressive lightning display in a long time roll towards town.

Tom Zaunmayr

Fresh facesKalgoorlie’s Relish Cafe welcomes new chef and manager

Hospitality industry veteran Anne Bradbury was appointed manager of the business in mid-January and new chef Aimee Crampton has been working at Relish for about one month.

Phoebe Pin

No benefitsLow-lives and lawyers ‘prey’ on native title ‘industry’

Upper House MP aired his concerns about the state of native title in Australia in parliament last week, claiming the vast amount of Aboriginal people saw no benefits from their corporations

Jason Mennell

Disgraced mogulTrump hails ‘great’ Weinstein ‘victory’

Donald Trump has used Harvey Weinstein’s conviction to take a swipe at “Hollywood-loving” Democrats, while actress Rose McGowan says she still lives in fear of the jailed mogul.

Sarah Blake and Nathan Vass in New York, Maria Bervanakis, Zoe Smith

NIGHT FIXTUREGeraldton to host WAFL Colts clash in April

Geraldton will host a WAFL Colts twilight match in April this year.

Reuben Carder

LatestTrain crash victim was ‘beautiful soul’

The second victim of the fatal Wallan train derailment has been identified as Sam Meintanis, whose family have remembered him as a “beautiful soul” who “lived life to the full”. It comes as work continues to clear the scene, days after the crash tragedy.

David Hurley, Sharon McGowan and Ian Royall

Times LifeTime to say goodbye

Linda Vowles and Rosie Wells are stepping down from their official roles with Bridgetown’s Jubilee singers after 27 years.

Tristan Wheeler

Pumped upThis year I want to play every game: Banfield

The young Docker said he wanted to play every senior game in the 2020 season during a trip home to Broome recently.

Jakeb Waddell

HEavens openKalgoorlie records wettest month in more than one year

Two decent showers over the past few days have brought relief to the parched Goldfields landscape

Tom Zaunmayr

CAUTIOUS RETURNCo-op accepting ‘small volumes’ of live crayfish

The Geraldton Fishermen’s Co-Operative has resumed accepting lobsters, however it is far from business as normal.

Peter Sweeney

Problem solvedPlan hatched to bring fuel back to Menzies

Menzies Hotel manager Sudhir has applied to the local Shire to install a self-serve bowser and 30,000-litre tank on Brown Street, across the road from the visitor centre.

Tom Zaunmayr