Geraldton Guardian

SERVICE UPDATEGeraldton playgrounds to open, other services increase

A number of services will reopen in Geraldton this weekend as the State Government begins Phase 3 of the easing of restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Geraldton Regional Library and other council facilities will be able to provide more services as Western Australia enters phase 3 of the lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

COVID-19OPINION: Fast food the winner in social distancing

Grant Woodhams

CHAMPION’S FAREWELLBlack Heart Bart set for year’s end party

Geraldton-owned galloper Black Heart Bart will finish his career at the end of the year.

Justin Fris

STANDING TOGETHERFarmers, business give families a helping hand

A collective of farmers and businesses from the Mid West is showing it cares by sending needy families essential goods, including food.

Peter Sweeney

GERALDTON TRAGEDYMayor calls for review of ‘dangerous’ roads

Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn has called for a review of the area’s road networks after an horrific WA Day crash that claimed the lives of two children.

Liam Beatty

Big moneyThree time’s a charm in $1m Lotto win

A lucky Lotto player from the Mid West farming town of Northampton is now a millionaire after their numbers came up in last night’s draw.

JANUARY STARTGeraldton builder awarded $5.6m construction contract

Geraldton builder Crothers Construction has been awarded a $5.6 million contract to build a 10-bed community mental health “step up/step down” facility.

Geoff Vivian

2021 WA ELECTIONGeraldton unveils $600m infrastructure wish-list

A $600m Geraldton infrastructure wish-list unveiled yesterday includes calls for State spending on roads, port upgrades, desalination and $120 million for a “full redevelopment” of the hospital.

Geoff Vivian

Giving help to silver surfers

“There’s a huge digital divide, especially with the older generation, and we’re not talking that old — we’re talking over 35.”

Jockey Alan Kennedy laps up Geraldton luck

“I’ve had a fair bit of luck there. Just knowledge of the track and being on the right horse, I guess.”

Trainer Ashley Maley hungry for more Geraldton success

“I’m hoping to have at least a couple up there and a couple of live chances.”

OWNER’S GRIEFDog deaths spark parvovirus immunisation pleas

“It was the hardest thing I’ve had to do and I am speaking out to warn others. I don’t want anybody else to have to say goodbye to their pet.”

Peter Sweeney

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONSOPINION: High achievers have never been closer

Sportsmen and women, actors, writers and musicians from the Mid West are continually making advancements we all once thought was only a pipe dream. Is the six degrees of separation shrinking?

Peter Fiorenza

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Trial of the centuryClaremont trial: Everything you need to know

For so long, so much has been said and written about the Claremont serial killings, but so little was known. Now for the first time, read everything you need to know about the ‘trial of the century’.

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ExclusiveSt John using baby monitors to spy on ambos at work

WA paramedics say they are shocked to discover St John Ambulance is secretly monitoring them at work, with some finding listening devices hidden in mattresses in their rest areas.

Ben Harvey

Taken too soonDad’s heartbreak: Best friends killed in crash revealed

Family members have paid tribute to two Perth women killed in a horror crash on Friday, one a newlywed and the other a talented physiotherapist — friends whose futures were destroyed in an instant.

Bethany Hiatt and Danella Bevis

Regional News

Cash injectionCheaper power on the horizon for remote communities

More affordable electricity could be on the horizon for Indigenous communities across regional WA as the Federal Government injects almost $20 million into local off-grid energy supplies.

Sarah Ison

Shock arrestsAboriginal Legal Service lawyers charged by police

A pair of lawyers who work together in Broome were today arrested for alleged unlawful conduct relating to a number of court cases in the Kimberley.

Jakeb Waddell and Carly Laden

asymptomatic testingKBCHS one of 40 WA schools selected for DETECT program

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School is one of 40 schools invited to participate in both the asymptomatic testing study and the psychosocial survey as part of the DETECT Schools program.

Phoebe Pin

Kimberley border expected to reopen Friday

It would mean travellers could now roam anywhere within WA, with the exception of Indigenous communities.

Direct Derby flights still on cards

The town would have been in the midst of a 12-month trial of flights between the two destinations.

Rio rock shelter blast exposes social risks for miners

Explosions that damaged a 40,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site in the Pilbara are focusing investor concern on the growing reputational risk companies face from social issues.

WA News

Bonus PodcastRemembering Jane: Tragic anniversary as trial end nears

On Monday Bradley Robert Edwards’ murder trial re-starts as the end of WA’s trial of the century nears its conclusion. Sadly, Monday also marks the anniversary of one his alleged victim’s deaths.

ExclusiveTop WA cop in job probe quits amid investigation

Inspector Mike Green was a director of the WA Police Union before he resigned in April, ending a 34-year career amid an investigation that he used his position to get a job for someone he knew.

Ben Harvey, Phil Hickey and Peter Law

How Perth’s best eateries are celebrating this weekend

The chairs are down, cutlery is polished and the wine is chilled. Perth’s top restaurants are in a state of excitement and celebrating with innovative menus and hot deals, despite new rules.

Praise for ambos after baby Anthony born ‘on the road’

For proud parents Kiara Cutmore and Matt Branch-Smith, driving through Gidgegannup will forever carry special memories after their son was born in the back of an ambulance in the Perth Hills.

WA lawyer’s fight for life after round-the-world race

Former West Coast powerbroker and lawyer Rob McKenzie became tangled in a cat-and-mouse chase around the world while trying to escape the coronavirus pandemic, only to end up in intensive care.

ExclusivePrincipal’s job up in smoke for growing weed

A wheelchair-bound Goldfields principal and former Paralympian has today lost his right to teach after being convicted for growing cannabis plants and stealing.

Bethany Hiatt