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Welcome wetEast Kimberley waterfall season finally arrives

After three months of gruelling heat and stifling humidity, residents in parts of the East Kimberley welcomed 150mm of rainfall within four days to ring in the waterfall season.

Stephanie Sinclair

Federal electionPremiumShark Bay resident named as Greens Durack candidate

A Shark Bay resident and Malgana woman has been named by the Greens as their candidate to take on incumbent Durack MHR Melissa Price at the next Federal Election

Alexander Scott

Upping stumpsPremiumDerby’s big bill threat after miner turns back on town

A WA miner could be slapped with a $10 million bill for moving its export base 220km west to Broome, according to Shire of Derby-West Kimberley president Geoff Haerewa.

Sam Jones

wild weatherEx-TC brings widespread rains, storms to Kimberley overnight

The night skies over Broome lit up for the first proper storm of the 2022 wet season last night, with 9.8mm of rain falling over the townsite.

Sam Jones

CEO searchPremiumHalls Creek Shire CEO calls it a day

The Shire of Halls Creek is searching for a new chief executive after the departure of Noel Mason from the top job.

Stephanie Sinclair

Desperate searchThree months on, family’s search continues for missing Jayo

Three months after Warmun man Jeremiah “Jayo” Rivers disappeared under suspicious circumstances, family members remain in outback Queensland scouring the area he was last seen.

Stephanie Sinclair

Flash bangPremiumKimberley lightning magnets revealed in NASA map

The US space agency shared its mean lightning flash density map, which was put together using sensors from the International Space Station, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and the Optical Transient Detector

Tom Zaunmayr

Safety boost$100,000 equipment boost for Marine Rescue East Kimberley

The volunteer service responsible for some of the longest civil sea rescues in Australia has received a welcome equipment boost to allow for faster response times off the remote Kimberley coast.

Stephanie Sinclair

Cyclone watchEast Kimberley braces for wet weather as Tiffany moves west

The East Kimberley is in line for significant rainfall throughout the remainder of the week, as Tropical Cyclone Tiffany moves west over the Northern Territory towards Western Australia.

Stephanie Sinclair

Banished from townPremiumMan accused of police assault bailed to work at tourist site

A Broome man who allegedly assaulted both a police officer and a doctor after $4000 worth of methamphetamine was found in his car has been released on bail to work near Fitzroy Crossing.

Sam Jones

Deadline loomingPremiumCry for COVID vax help in Kimberley town with poor uptake

The chief executive of a remote medical service in WA’s Kimberley has expressed frustration over a lack of government support in its efforts to boost vaccination rates.

Stephanie Sinclair

Problem drinkersPremiumBooze ban plan shot down as Kimberley leaders back BDR boost

East Kimberley leaders have hit back against a bid to tighten local alcohol restrictions and are calling for boosted efforts to increase the scope of the banned drinkers’ register to curb alcohol-fuelled crime.

Stephanie Sinclair

Top marksPremiumGrads do East Kimberley College proud with top ATAR marks

East Kimberley College graduates have secured positions in some of the State’s top university courses, after achieving impressive results in their end-of-year exams.

Stephanie Sinclair

opinion
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Fun policePremium
opinion
Banning firey water fights is gross bureaucratic overreach

It sings from the same ridiculous playbook WaterCorp used when they told Pilbara folk they couldn’t swim in popular waterholes despite being able to produce zero evidence of any genuine issues arising from it

Tom Zaunmayr

Debaucherous roosPremiumHorde of randy wallabies released from WA prison

The wallaby population stemmed from a small handful which inadvertently became trapped inside the facility when it was constructed in 2012 in bushland on the outskirts of Derby

Tom Zaunmayr

Lake loweredPremiumBoaters urged to take caution as Lake Kununurra lowered

Boat users have been urged to secure or remove vessels from Lake Kununurra before Friday as the Water Corporation plans to lower the East Kimberley waterhole for vital maintenance works. 

Stephanie Sinclair

Costly blazeReward on offer for information on Halls Creek car yard fire

Kununurra detectives are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for anyone with information relating to a costly East Kimberley car yard fire last month. 

Stephanie Sinclair

COVID-19Broome’s Divers Tavern listed as COVID exposure site

Broome’s Divers Tavern has been listed as a COVID-19 exposure site after being linked to a positive test result in Queensland overnight.

Sam Jones

Export milestonePremiumEast Kimberley miner marks first shipment in over a year

After more than a year out of the export game, the first shipment has set sail from Panoramic Resources’ Savannah nickel mine in the East Kimberley.

Stephanie Sinclair

Restoring orderPremiumMore cops on the beat to curb Kimberley youth crime wave

Reinforcements will be brought in to bolster police efforts in cracking down on property and vehicle-related crime.

Tom Zaunmayr

New tourNew wet season air tour opens at Home Valley Station

Home Valley Station will for the first time be accessible to tourists over the wet season, with a new culturally-focussed air tour to be launched early next year under new managers Balanggarra Ventures. 

Stephanie Sinclair

Border easingPremiumBroome tourism operators welcome border openings

North West tourism operators have welcomed the State Government's decision to not close low-vaccination regions to the rest of the State when borders open on February 5.

Sam Jones

COVID readyPremiumRFDS ‘well-prepared’ for COVID-19 influx in remote WA

The Royal Flying Doctor Service WA has assured it is well prepared to manage a rise in COVID-19 in remote WA cases once the State border opens early next year.

Stephanie Sinclair

Left strandedPremiumBus service cut prompts calls for improved public transport

A six-week cut to the Kimberley’s only major bus service has highlighted the impact of the absence of public transport across the region.

Stephanie Sinclair