The closure and potential sale of the Woodanilling Tavern has divided the small country town in the Great Southern with the Shire of Woodanilling stuck in the middle of a change-of-use row.
Claire Middleton
One person has died in a tragic end to a horrific crash between a car and a grain train near Albany on Wednesday afternoon, WA Police have confirmed.
Melissa Sheil and Hannah Whitehead
A man in his 40s had to be freed by Lake Grace volunteer firefighters and flown to a Perth hospital after an incident with a loader caused a serious foot injury on Tuesday night near Lake Grace.
A humble volcanic rock often discarded in quarries and mines could hold the key to greener and more profitable Australian farms, according to ground breaking research led by the University of South Australia.
Cally Dupe
WA’s Aboriginal Heritage Act will be put to the challenge in the Supreme Court in November when Toodyay landholder Tony Maddox begins his appeal against his conviction for breaching the legislation.
Georgia Campion
The small town of Beacon has been thrust into the global spotlight after a German backpacker disappeared for 12 days, only to be found by a local station owner.
WA’s poultry industry is breathing a sigh of relief after Australia was officially declared free of high pathogenicity avian influenza in poultry.
A highly contaminated Wheatbelt tannery has been left abandoned and untreated for two decades, raising serious concerns for neighbours and the nearby town.
Hannah Whitehead
Two South West people have been found guilty of animal cruelty charges for releasing dogs to hunt captured feral pigs and uploading the filmed footage online.
Kojonup’s Libby Hardingham has been selected to represent WA in the race to be Australia’s best young merino fleece judge in September.
A local farming lad will soon be the boss of the world’s third largest mining company and the 60,000 employees under its empire, spread throughout 35 countries.
Adrian Rauso
Western Australia’s barley industry has been dealt a blow with the discovery of net form net blotch resistant to all three major fungicide groups used for its control.
South West have retained their title as the kings of country football, beating Peel by 19 points in the Country Championships division 1 grand final at Sullivan Logistics Stadium in Leederville on Sunday
Josh Kempton & Cameron Newbold
Less than 4 per cent of gun owners have managed to register their firearms with the new online firearms portal, three months post the implementation of WA’s tough new firearm regime
Melissa Pedelty
A Kojonup farmer and stock driver has been left “gobsmacked” after the State Administrative Tribunal upheld an order by the Police Commissioner to revoke his firearms licence following an assault conviction.
Grains Australia is investigating potential new export markets for the country’s superior faba bean, with China one such opportunity following a recent conference held in Qingdao.
A feral deer population of about 1500 will begin to be culled across southern WA next week after being identified through aerial surveillance and thermal imaging technology.
CSBP Fertilisers is urging WA growers to start plant sampling this cropping season to better support optimal growth and maximise returns.
WA’s grain belt has been given a timely boost — with widespread rain transforming dry, dusty paddocks into scenes of renewed hope and pushing the predicted harvest total to 19.3 million tonnes.
Students at Murdoch University have placed first overall for placings at the 2025 Intercollegiate Meat Judging Conference and Competition in Wagga Wagga.
Esperance farmer Matt Hill has been named the new vice president of WAFarmers, following a competitive selection process to fill a casual vacancy on the organisation’s board.
The 26-year-old German tourist finally answered the question everyone has been asking as she breaks her silence on the ordeal.
Jessica Evensen
The national saleyard lamb price record has been broken once again as processors compete for quality slaughter stock.
Great Southern are celebrating deserved title success, pulling off a remarkable division two grand final victory over Upper Great Southern at Sullivan Logistics Stadium on Sunday.
Cameron Newbold
