Liquidators of the insolvent company which owns the former Victoria Hotel say they are pleased Marine Terrace will be back to normal this weekend — two weeks after a blaze destroyed the hotel.
Liam Beatty & Geoff Vivian
Geoff Vivian
Less than a week after emergency workers escorted the Yamaji Art Centre team into their damaged store to salvage their art, they can be heard chuckling in the store temporarily housing their work.
Lisa Favazzo
Buildings and roads are in need of repair after more than 110mm of rain was dumped on Mullewa this week.
Phoebe Pin & Liam Beatty
No one was injured in the three-car pile up near the Professionals Geraldton office, which was caused by a distracted P-plate driver.
Phoebe Pin
In Geraldton today, Health Minister Roger Cook says COVID-19 vaccinations will start in Geraldton on March 15, whether or not the Pfizer vaccine is available.
The Victoria Hotel may now just be a pile of rubble, but Geraldton residents say a wrecking ball cannot touch the memories and friendships made while living and working at the landmark venue.
After an unfortunate crime spike in Geraldton police have had great results with the successful launch of Operation Heatshield2, writes Sen. Sgt Jason Scragg.
Sen. Sgt Jason Scragg
Council rejects tenders for Cathedral Ave roundabout project after sharp increases to civil construction costs.
Good job, three kids, four pets and possibly nowhere to live.
Contractors estimate the site of the former hotel will be cleared by Friday as Marine Terrace begins to recover from the fire fallout.
More than half of Geraldton supermarket shoppers are still not using the SafeWA app, despite checking in being a condition of entry at most local businesses and venues.
Elise Van Aken & Phoebe Pin
Frontline workers in Geraldton will start receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in less than two weeks, as health authorities embark on the “logistical challenge” of transporting the vials across WA.
Liam Beatty
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A South West man is accused of having sexual intercourse with an animal and indecently dealing with and attempting to rape a seven-year-old boy whom he also possessed explicit images and video of.
Jackson Barrett
Geraldton is on the cusp of a housing construction boom, with the local council reporting a 120 per cent surge in building permit applications last month.
A 17-year-old boy had to be rescued in dramatic fashion last night after his car got washed away, forcing him to cling to a tree for two-and-a-half hours in floodwaters near Geraldton.
Kate Campbell
A house fire in Wandina that left a $350,000 damage bill overnight is believed to have been caused by tea light candles.
The small North West community of Exmouth has been left heartbroken after a much-loved couple were killed in a horror microlight plane crash south of town.
The Wagin community has come together to raise money for a family in mourning following the death of a young father.
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WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup has rubbished Labor’s multi-billion dollar estimate of how much Liberal policies will cost, urging the public ‘not to trust’ Labor Party figures.
Charlotte Elton
Mike Henry has given an upbeat assessment of the economic rebound from COVID-19, saying the miner now expects global growth to exceed estimates it made just six months ago.
WA Mongols bikie boss Marius Sabau — who had his drugs charges sensationally dropped after a police error — has been re-charged with major drug offences again.
Revelations of money laundering at Crown Perth have prompted a royal commission to determine whether it remains fit to hold a casino licence.
The path forward for Parliament will be revealed today as the nation continues to reel from shock allegations of rape by its cabinet ministers. FOLLOW OUR LIVE BLOG TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON DEVELOPMENTS.
Miriam Fisher
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