Children and young people in remote areas like the Kimberley will have greater access to specialist mental health care after the launch of a new $12 million virtual service.
Phoebe Solon
Two of the Kimberley’s Indigenous fashion champions have been recognised on the national stage, taking home awards at the 2026 National Indigenous Fashion Awards on Larrakia Country in Darwin on August 5.
The Port Wyndham Crocs will go on to battle the Ord River Magpies in the East Kimberely Football League grand final after winning the preliminary final against the Kununurra Demons at the weekend.
Cain Andrews
Two Gija artists from the East Kimberley have been named finalists in the 2026 Lester Prize after a record 1177 artists entered the prestigious portraiture competition.
Extra police officers have been called into Kununurra to deal with a spike in “bored” kids from “unstable backgrounds” offending in the town and once again prompting negative headlines around the world.
The Broome Towns have won both the men’s and women’s West Kimberley Football League grand finals after snuffing out Cable Beach at the weekend.
A peak pastoral body has warned the “pivotal point” of development in the Kimberley is threatened by stringent limits on ground and surface water allocations in the Fitzroy-Derby River catchment area
Georgia Campion
Kununurra Aboriginal people, community organisations, land users and other interested residents are being encouraged to have their say on proposed changes to Aboriginal land laws
Aboriginal-owned Mimbi Caves Campground completes its expansion ready for the busy Kimberley tourism season
A free two-day ear health education forum will be held in Broome on August 20 and 21, aimed at tackling high rates of preventable ear disease among First Nations children in the region
A Meekatharra pastoralist has warned WA’s Top End could suffer greatly if a petition to ban all live exports is successfully tabled in Federal Parliament next month.
Bikie gangs making their way to the Kimberley have been targeted in a recent police operation, with Kimberley Supt John Hutchison warning them “the Kimberley is not open for organised crime”.
The Ord River Magpies have booked a ticket to the East Kimberley Football League grand final after a convincing win over the Port Wyndham Crocs during the qualifying final at the weekend.
The Shire of Halls Creek has abandoned plans to introduce a new logo, with councillors voting to reinstate its traditional branding after community opposition.
Northern graziers are encouraged to attend a consultation session in Kununurra to help underpin the first major review of a grassfed cattle levy in two decades.
Rebecca Nadge
Towns and the Cable Beach Greenbacks have advanced to their respective West Kimberley Football League grand finals.
East Kimberley Fishing Club’s and Tackle World Kununurra’s Brown Water Classic reeled in more than 500 anglers at the weekend with thousands of dollars in prizes and local bragging rights on the line.
More than 7000ha of agricultural land in the Ord River irrigation area is set to change hands within weeks, but the buyer remains unknown.
Melissa Pedelty
Eclipse chasers should mark their calendars, with exactly two years until the Kimberley is plunged into darkness by one of the longest total solar eclipses this century.
Kimberley-based Aboriginal-owned civil construction company, Ngarranggarni Civil and Mining has been named a finalist in the First Nations Social Enterprise category of this years WA Social Enterprise Awards
The Nganjuwarr traditional owners have secured exclusive native title rights over almost 1000sqkm of country in the East Kimberley following a Federal Court determination held on country.
A campaign encouraging people across the Kimberley to complete the 2026 Census on August 11 has been launched.
University of Notre Dame nursing students undergo remote community placement program to gain experience working in the remote Kimberley
18-year-old Kununurra local represented the Kimberley electorate in the 2026 Y WA Youth Parliament
