A 15-year-old girl was seen lying on top of a ‘hooning’ car minutes before she fell off and suffered life-threatening head injuries in Pinjarra last night.
Jake Dietsch & Daryna Zadvirna
Daryna Zadvirna
Local residents will join thousands of others across Australia on the Garage Sale Trail this weekend.
Holly Thompson
It’s In The Bag campaign — across Bunnings stores including Rockingham and Port Kennedy — is aimed at providing essential items to women in need.
Kwinana has experienced a surge in development over the last three months, with the council swamped by applications and unable to approve them fast enough.
Chloe Fraser
Three Rockingham residents have been recognised for their outstanding acts of bravery at the 2020 Royal Life Saving Bravery Awards.
A mysterious bottle dating back to the 1860s has washed up on the Safety Bay foreshore.
Baldivis residents are crying out for bus services as a lack of public transport leaves them stranded.
The Medina Aboriginal Cultural Centre hosted celebrations for NAIDOC Week, with awards handed out to celebrate those who had contributed to the community.
Attorney General John Quigley has denied a local family’s request to overturn the Coroner’s decision not to hold an inquest into the death of their 17-year-old son.
Penguin Island’s silver gulls may be picking up harmful bacteria from Rockingham’s landfill and passing it on to humans, posing severe health dangers including blood-poisoning and infections.
BP last week announced it would close the 65-year-old refinery and convert it to a fuel import terminal, putting almost 600 employees out of work.
Secret Harbour Surf Beach Boardriders held its last competition of the season on Sunday, October 25.
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Jayden Whyte’s shock death was the impetus for The Blue Tree Project in which hundreds of trees around Australia are painted blue in the hope of confronting the stigma of suicide.
Steve Butler
After trying more than 550 wines, these are Ray Jordan’s top drops overall, from French champagne to a best value white for under $15.
Ray Jordan
A 41-year-old man has been jailed after he was caught with 1.2kg of cannabis hidden in his car.
Kellie Balaam
The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience has announced the finalists in the Resilient Australia Awards 2020, including the Wheatbelt town’s local government.
Amber Lilley
A little bit of France called Majuba has returned to Albany and boasts WA’s hardest working waiter, writes Rob Broadfield.
Rob Broadfield
Two men have been arrested and will face court today on a string of charges including the possession of an unlicensed firearm and prohibited weapons.
Schools in Albany, Denmark and Mt Barker have named the highest achievers from the class of 2020.
The alleged murderer told police an evil person such as the “devil”, “Satan” or “black magic man” had given him instructions to kill.
China’s decision to place massive tariffs of up to 212.1 per cent on all Australian wines will ‘inflict significant pain’ on the WA industry, worried local producers have said.
Ray Jordan and Lanai Scarr
The matriarch of a close-knit tomato-farming family was tragically killed in a tractor accident in Perth’s north this morning, The West Australian can exclusively reveal.
Sarah Steger
Senior WA Liberals MP Peter Collier says purported compromising material on a laptop at the centre of a Corruption and Crime Commission probe which has rocked Parliament ‘might be a storm in teacup’.
Premiership Eagle Liam Ryan and partner Evana Hansen have opened up on the surgery their two-year-old little girl will have to eliminate ongoing ear pain, hopeful their story can help others.
A 23-year-old childcare worker accused of deliberately scratching four kids in her care could face a trial so lengthy it will need to be moved from Joondalup to Perth.
Mark McGowan expects WA’s border will remain closed to South Australia for Christmas, but he’s offered the biggest hint yet that quarantine obligations for Victorian arrivals will be relaxed.
Peter Law
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