Election promises to fix the growing issue of coastal erosion and build a sorely needed boat ramp have been welcomed by the Drummond Cove Progress Association.
Liam Beatty
COVID-19 has proved an unexpected blessing for a Geraldton artist who is leaving his mark across the State.
Lucy Jarvis
Every Australian is entitled to an expression — it’s what makes this country so free compared to virtually every other one.
PETER SWEENEY
Let’s face it, the world has been transformed on a huge scale. We were all glad to see the back of 2020, not that the start of 2021 has been much better. But what have we learned?
DEREK GOFORTH
Shark Bay’s volunteer marine rescue group received a long-awaited new vessel last week which will soon be put to work, complementing the organisation’s larger boat.
A 40-year-old Mid West man has been charged with inappropriate conduct with a minor, with the alleged victim just four-years old.
Free weekly barbecues have started again for people using the services of Country Health Service’s “I Care” program.
Geoff Vivian
“Buying” the bells at Geraldton’s St Francis Xavier Cathedral to play a tune for a special occasion is gaining popularity.
A drug and alcohol clinician is now working for Mission Australia to provide culturally safe alcohol and drug outreach services for people in Meekatharra, Cue and Mount Magnet.
Staff Reporter
A Department of Transport plan to reconfigure the Jurien Bay marina with a 120m extension to the northern groyne has been promised funding by the Liberal Party if elected.
The respect Mr Taylor, commands, crosses all colours and classes. It doesn’t matter when or where it is — a welcome to country, a school ceremony, — people listen when he speaks.
With a packed crowd in attendance and plenty of fun and entertainment on offer, Batavia Sprint day at the Geraldton Turf Club went off without a hitch on Sunday.
Reuben Carder
Northampton remain the only Batavia Bowling League women’s squad to have retained a top-four position all season, and with three rounds remaining it seems likely finals pennants await the Rams.
Joe Criddle
Geraldton Board Riders competitor Sophie Butcher and Australian under-18 champion Coral Durant were both included in the top 100 groms talent list in Surfing Life magazine.
The 51st edition of the Kailis Australia Day weekend carnival was a hit at Denison Bowling Club.
The iconic but ageing Carnarvon satellite dish — which played a pivotal role in the 1969 moon landing — may yet have a new lease on life amid interest from a Canadian radio-astronomy firm.
Geraldton-based organisers are planning the outback truck convoy to raise funds for Parkinson’s Disease research.
GEOFF VIVIAN
Thank goodness Australia Day is over. To be honest, at present, I feel like I’m in “there should be no Australia Day” category.
RAELENE HALL
The man who’s thieving spree was uncovered after a Jurien Bay car crash this month has now been jailed for nine months.
A Mid West man who was one of three to catch COVID-19 last year is regularly driving the 800km return trip to Perth to donate his plasma and help researchers understand the virus better.
Lisa Favazzo
Three members of a Leeman fishing family have been fined more than $70,000 after they were busted in an undercover sting selling illegally caught rock lobsters on the black market.
The most popular of the three distances on offer at the Geraldton Triathlon Club’s meeting last Sunday was the shortest trip, named The Enticer.
A Geraldton magistrate has issued a warning to a driver that even speeding offences can restrict a person’s ability to travel internationally.
An investigation has revealed why a plane dropped more than 15,000 feet in six minutes, causing oxygen masks to deploy and passengers to panic.
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