Five saltwater crocodile sightings have been confirmed in the Broome area in the past 14 days, with multiple beaches closed following the latest encounters.
Joshua Dowdall
Two Kimberley footballers have been recognised among the standout performers at the 2026 Women’s Country Championships in Perth.
A temporary weather radar at Wyndham is undergoing final testing with imagery expected to be made public by the end of the month.
Georgia Campion
The State Government has promised that a proposed merger of three WA universities will benefit regional and remote students.
Hayley Primmer
A Broome-based Aboriginal Economic Development not-for-profit organisation has helped Indigenous entities in regional Western Australia secure more than $31.3 million in contracts in the last year alone
Broome Senior High School students take part in suicide prevention training through a Zero2Hero roadshow in the Kimberley
Phoebe Solon
Australian author George Kyriakou’s latest novel, The Outback Redemption, is a murder mystery exploring family secrets, corporate corruption and the pursuit of justice, set in The Kimberley
A Kununurra apprentice has been recognised for his dedication to the automotive trade, taking out the WA regional winner title in the 2026 Capricorn Rising Stars Awards.
A new eating disorder screening tool developed with Aboriginal communities is being launched in the Kimberley to help identify concerns among young people earlier.
Upgrades to the Kalumburu airstrip to improve a vital link to essential services for the remote Kimberley community have been completed.
Disgraced former bishop Christopher Saunders has been jailed for grooming and molesting two young Aboriginal men more than a decade ago.
Jessica Evensen
A young woman has gone head to head with a high-profile tourism operator, claiming a ‘permanent psychiatric illness’ after surviving a horror helicopter crash off the Kimberley coast in 2019.
Northern pastoralists can get an update on a project using crop by-products to boost profitable, sustainable beef production at an open day near Kununurra later this month.
Rebecca Nadge
Dambeemangaddee families have gathered at Umbagaramba/Balanyoo (Cockatoo Island) for a day of culture, family, and connection as the future of the island continues to take shape.
Twelve Kimberley tourism businesses and experiences have been named finalists in the 2026 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards for Business Excellence.
A 15-year-old from Western Australia is trying to run the length of the Gibb River Road in 13 days to raise money for people experiencing homelessness.
Kimberley drivers are paying up to 60¢ more at the bowser for unleaded petrol than motorists in central Perth, data shows.
A clutch of Kununurra boxers headed to the Red Dirt Rumble in Broome to boost their experience.
The 2026 Recfishwest Apex Kununurra Barra Bash has wrapped up after another huge weekend on the water, with more than 1,350 entries taking part from Thursday, September 24 to Sunday, September 27.
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake has been recorded about 77km south of Kununurra in the East Kimberley.
Visitors to Garaan-ngaddim (Horizontal Falls) have spent this tourism season hearing directly from Dambimangari Traditional Owners about the Country they are visiting.
Derby’s men’s senior soccer team has cause for celebration after recording its first-ever win as a club with a 4–1 victory over Fitzroy Crossing Social Soccer on Sunday, September 20.
Magabala Books will receive $50,000 to strengthen business development and expand national and international market opportunities for Kimberley First Nations authors and creators
Kununurra’s long-awaited public swimming pool has reopened, with the Kimberley’s first 50m public pool now available to the community.
