Concerns for the married couple’s welfare were raised yesterday after they had not contacted home since July 21.
Jakeb Waddell
There are glimmers of hope in the search for German visitors Benjamin Kress and Natalie Eich (Kress), who were believed to have been missing for more than two weeks.
The pair were last known to be at 80 Mile Beach near Broome and planned to travel the Gibb River Road, according to family and friends.
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Carly Laden
Kimberley cultural figure, painter and Gija elder R Peters has died age 85 overnight.
Peter de Kruijff
Ten boys and girls with their leaders ran a sausage sizzle and car wash at Kununurra Home Hardware.
Elise Van Aken
The Kununurra Visitor’s Centre has been met with an “overwhelming response” to its Save Our Season campaign, set to inject some much-needed cash into struggling local businesses.
The lawyer of a Bunbury woman sentenced in a Kimberley court for leaving multiple unsecured firearms in her car admitted to the court the risk was amplified by high juvenile car break-in rates.
La Nina winds are expected to bring the wet season to the Kimberley early this year.
The East Kimberley’s magistrate has told the court drunken domestic violence incidents over jealousy was almost a “national sport” as he sentenced a 42-year-old man to 19 months in prison.
Elise van Aken
A Kununurra man with no prior record has been sent to jail for six months and one day, under mandatory sentencing laws for reckless driving to escape police.
An 18-year-old man has been handed 120 hours of community service and been forced to pay for repairs after he vandalised a shop door and security vehicle.
The grim reality of violence in the Aboriginal community of Balgo has been laid bare in shocking videos posted online that show bare-knuckle street fights being watched by crowds, including children.
Rourke Walsh
In a shattering blow, Francis Watson will undergo surgery after he injured his his knee changing direction at training last week.
A 25-year-old man has been jailed for eight years after unlawfully detaining and raping a teenage girl in Kununurra last year.
A riot at a remote WA jail led to windows being smashed, rocks being thrown and inmates scaling fences and rooftops after a prison guard was attacked.
Phil Hickey
A Kununurra woman and her daughter are the faces of a national campaign in the hopes of encouraging more Australians, especially Indigenous people, to register to be an organ donor.
It seemed each punter’s night was made all that sweeter by knowing they were lucky to be allowed to be together at the beloved venue after months of restrictions.
A teenage boy has pleaded guilty to breaking into the Ord River Sports Club in January, causing $17,000 worth of damage.
An East Kimberley post office has been named one of the best in the State at the 2019-20 Licenced Post Office Retail Awards.
The Ord farmers’ five year fight over their water entitlements has finally had a happy ending, with the WA Government announcing it would not appeal the decision which favoured local growers.
The East Kimberley Chamber of Commerce and Industry is set to receive thousands of dollars to support the post COVID-19 economic recovery of local small businesses.
Staff Reporters
If you’re stuck in a deadlock with your landlord or tenant over a COVID-19 related tenancy issue, a new service can help resolve the dispute without needing to step foot inside a courtroom.
Tom Chapman
Kimberley residents have been urged to have a national bowel cancer screening test, which must be completed as soon as they arrive to ensure the samples don’t get damaged in the warmer weather.
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