The commitment forms part of the Plan for the Kimberley that was unveiled by the Premier in the region today.
Jakeb Waddell
WA cotton farmers are in a race against the clock to build the first cotton gin west of Queensland as their Northern Territory counterparts also inch closer to the goal.
Cally Dupe
Major Crash investigators are making their way to Kununurra this morning after a woman was hit and killed in a fatal crash in the East Kimberley town.
Staff reporters
A backpacker was forced to fight off a 15-year-old boy who violently attacked and sexually assaulted her after breaking into her vehicle at a Kimberley campsite, a court has been told.
Shannon Hampton
The new trial is set to combine the Banned Drinkers Register and a Takeaway Alcohol Management System that will require residents to produce photo ID every time they purchase alcohol in the Kimberley.
Carly Laden
The State Government announced it had committed $400,000 towards an additional weekly flight between Kununurra and Balgo.
Alexander Scott
The WA charity founded by former Perth Wildcat champion Ricky Grace has been stripped of its government funding to run mentoring programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls.
Rangi Hirini
The 51-year-old will return to District Court to be sentenced early next year.
Taylar Amonini
Two Kimberley Aboriginal art centres will show their creations in a Pinterest exhibition
Kununurra parkrun will celebrate their 100th run this weekend
Ord Valley farmers will leap into the ditigal age as the State Government rolls out its Digital Farm Grant project in the region
More than half a million dollars have gone to foster business creativity, innovation and diversification of eight Kimberley projects.
East Kimberley College students bid adieu to high school this month
To say thank you to the community for shopping local, Ord Machining and Agriculture has organised a Christmas giveaway for its customers.
Through the home visits, Halls Creek students and their families are being given an individualised attendance plan, suited to their specific needs.
The McGowan Government has transferred ownership of Ord land to native title holders
Kununurra Netball Association celebrated a season well done last month with a fun-filled wind up.
After two years of operation, the Kununurra Scout Group is at risk of being shut down if it does not find more volunteers.
Girls Academy program manager Sara Ripps said the school’s Girls Academy had contacted the garden to help inspire the teens.
WA’s most remote distillery has come out with the goods yet again, as the team at Hoochery Distillery combines corn and sorghum for a unique Kimberley sensation.
An incredibly rare circular rainbow backdropped by Lake Argyle will feature as the January photograph for the 2021 calendar, shot by Perth photographer Colin Leonhardt.
WA mining magnate and Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has confirmed plans to sell down her rural landholding portfolio.
Jenne Brammer
Lines of cars, caravans and road trains sat bumper to bumper for hundreds of metres between WA and the Northern Territory on the first day of the State Government’s eased border restrictions.
Community groups gathered to celebrate and spread the Naidoc message of Always Was, Always Will Be.
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