The fight for the last two finals spots in the Upper Great Southern Football League competition will come down to the final round of the regular season this Sunday.
Cameron Newbold
A Perth Wardens Court hearing starting on Thursday will consider compensation and surface rights issues involving freehold land associated with the Katanning gold project in the Great Southern.
Neil Watkinson
A local government marvel who stood as the first female president in a Great Southern shire has received deserved recognition, named a life member at the 2025 WA Local Government Association’s awards.
Hannah Whitehead
When Fremantle champion Nat Fyfe hangs up his boots at the end of this season, his dad David hopes it will mean he has another driver to call on for the family trucking business in Lake Grace.
Rourke Walsh and Cally Dupe
The head of a regional shire set to face a tidal wave of renewable projects said that though he is “extremely grateful” for the government’s draft community benefit guideline, concerns remain.
The gap between the Lower South West Football League’s top and bottom three was on full display in a one-sided penultimate round of the home and away season on Saturday.
Josh Kempton
For the first time, a southern Wheatbelt bowling club is gearing up for twilight and night competitions for the upcoming 2025-26 summer season after a huge lighting upgrade.
Gnowangerup won the battle of the top two in the Ongerup Football Association, out-gunning Jerramungup by 22 points in an attritional round 14 contest on Saturday.
Claire Middleton
Katanning Netball Association’s junior and senior divisions played their final round over the weekend, with mid-ladder teams fighting to secure a last-minute finals spot.
Tina Briscoe
The end of the GGA and DPIRD collaboration has sparked a split response across the agriculture sector, with some grower groups confident GGA can stand on its own, while others are concerned about its future.
Georgia Campion
A rally against the Firearms Act is flagged to be the largest this year following an earlier protest in February, in support of the legislation’s operational suspension and disallowance.
Nat Fyfe has confirmed this will be his final season, with one of the game’s modern greats looking to lead Fremantle to the ‘elusive dream’ of a historic flag before bowing out.
Chris Robinson
Western Power’s efforts to improve reliability in rural areas continue with the announcement of a back-up power supply to ensure electricity during unplanned outages in Lake King.
WA is on track for a record-breaking number of home fires caused by one culprit.
Caitlin Vinci
The chair of the Kendenup Town Hall committee says an upcoming folk music festival is the “perfect launching pad” to celebrate and raise awareness of the integrity of town halls to rural communities.
Melissa Sheil
A sense of excitement for the start of spring returned to the Great Southern this week with the release of tickets to the 15th annual Great Southern Treasures Bloom Festival.
Jacki Elezovich
In an effort to stop umpires walking away, WA Football is cracking down on umpire abuse at grassroots level, tripling penalties for coaches, officials, parents and spectators who breach the rules.
Mitchell Woodcock
Williams outlasted Katanning Wanderers in a wet and muddy encounter on Sunday, the Cats moving inside the top four and boosting their finals chances after a gripping 19-point win.
Cameron Newbold and Hannah Whitehead
Carleen Eades is the thread which weaves together the paintings, sculptures and Noongar mixed media which combine for the Vancouver Arts Centre’s latest exhibition, which opens on August 8.
West Coast next generation prospect Tylah Williams is set to line up for his second game in the Eagles’ WAFL side after a promising debut.
An Albany woman who stole a car and sped dangerously through a major Katanning intersection has been handed a suspended jail term and lost her licence for 12 months.
Last year’s national junior sheep judge champion will travel from his Tambellup farm to challenge Agricultural Shows Australia finalists in September.
Deanmill moved a game clear of Bridgetown in second spot on the Lower South West Football League ladder by notching a 38-point victory in the clash between the sides at Bridgetown Sports Oval on Saturday.
A cookbook which aims to reflect the diversity of Katanning has been produced by the primary school’s Parents and Citizens Committee featuring recipes from local luminaries.
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