Rio Tinto has donated $250,000 for equipment at Busselton’s soon-to-be-built exhibition and performing arts centre Saltwater.
Oliver Lane
With a long and hot summer coming to an end, South West residents are being warned to not get caught out when winter storms come.
Margaret River’s Grand Mercue Basildene Manor has been recognised as one of the best boutique resorts in the South Pacific by Tripadvisor.
Sean Van Der Wielen
15 members of the Busselton Masters Swimming Club attended Royal Life Saving WA’s Heart Beat 45+ program last month, learning emergency response and resuscitation skills.
A group of volunteers working to preserve the world’s only reaming tuart forest face a delicate battle.
Craig Duncan
A new men’s record was set as more than 1300 competitors took part in the Busselton 100 as part of the Busselton Festival of Triathlon at the weekend.
Josh Kempton
Augusta-Margaret River have signalled their intent to enter a women’s team in the South West Football League for the 2025 season, with the club’s president calling the venture their “number one priority”.
Geographe Bay’s youth league side scored a close win against Busselton City in last weekend’s soccer action.
Andrew Nairn
A 42-year-old man will spend more time behind bars after a spree of offending which saw him threaten police with an axe.
A popular South West fish pub is set for new owners after the decision to sell was made after 15 years.
Dr Christina Gillgren has achieved a long-term goal of writing a book about migrants who settled in the South West throughout the 20th century.
Claudette Rizzi
The boss of the St John of God Bunbury Hospital has paid his respects to former doctor Jake Robinson, one of the brothers killed in Mexico.
With the number of road crashes remaining high in the South West and statewide, the messages for this year’s National Road Safety Week remain critically important.
Despite more than $1.4 million being spent nationally by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal on small community grants, it says a lack of WA donors means regional communities are missing out.
A respiratory hub has opened in the South West in an Australian first with the plan to help increase awareness and management of breathing issues as well as keep those who suffer from them out of hospital.
Synergy has chosen a Perth-based company to complete the installation of 640 batteries in Collie, which the State Government claims will be one of the biggest systems in the world.
Collie’s biggest shopping centre is under new management after the $10 million sale to the Brisbane-based National & General Group.
Nine South West eateries are set to compete in a Statewide steak sandwich competition, with the winners to be decided by the public’s vote.
Claudette Rizzi and Amber Lilley
After the success of Kate Chaney’s 2022 election bid in the seat of Curtin, Voices for Forrest are looking for a candidate to make the South West seat the next to flip from blue to teal.
Australia has an ultimately unsuccessful history of declaring war on various animals, and experts worry history is set to repeat itself with the war on feral cats.
Souwest Jets were unable to continue their winning momentum in the West Australian Netball League on Sunday, going down 71-55 to Hamersley Comets at Waroona Recreation Centre.
More than $177,000 has been raised as a result of the Variety WA 4WD Adventure, which saw participants explore the South West region.
The Shire of Collie has unanimously voted to request the Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel approve a green steel recycling mill proposed for the Coolangatta Industrial Estate.
Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault will face an early test of their South West Football League premiership credentials when they welcome reigning premiers Busselton to Brunswick Oval on Saturday.