The Broome Shire Council adopted the 2025–26 budget at the ordinary council meeting on June 26 with a focus on balancing rising costs in a challenging economic climate.
Cain Andrews
Former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders has had a trial allocation hearing delayed by one month.
Natasha Clark
Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia has slammed time-wasting triple-0 callers as ‘just stupid’ after it was revealed thousands of people were calling the emergency hotline with idiotic requests.
Jessica Evensen
The Bidyadanga Emus put up a commendable fight in their clash with Cable Beach at the weekend but were ultimately beaten by the top team.
Bearing a torch ablaze and a message of world peace, a group of international runners passed through the Kimberley last week as part of the Australian leg of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run.
It was all smiles, sunshine, and squeals of excitement at Broome Turf Club on Saturday, as Family Day transformed the track into a kid-friendly carnival of bouncy castles.
Brightly coloured school uniforms dotted Broome’s streets on Friday morning as children marched in the Kullarri NAIDOC parade.
Two young men have been charged following an alleged violent burglary at a roadhouse in Roebuck in the early hours of Monday morning.
Young Broome leader Lei Yuen is encouraging young rural women and non-binary students to enter the organisation’s leadership competition for the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Canberra.
Local lads Luke Frost and Aaron O’Brien leapt into action on Tuesday, June 24, extinguishing a kitchen fire at Son Ming Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown before emergency services could arrive.
The 26th Mowanjum Festival is set to take place next week on July 11, taking over the community for a celebration of culture.
Fitzroy Valley District High School will receive $20,000 for their Bushrangers Art Project involving boab nuts and on-country as part of the Creativity for Schools Residency program.
The new Frederick Street roundabout is open to the public after construction was completed earlier this week (June 23 to 29), allowing better access to the community.
A doctor flying across the country to raise cash for a much-needed gene therapy centre at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital will make a stop in Broome on his fund-raising quest.
A 20-year-old WA man has landed in hot water after allegedly being caught drink-driving twice in under two hours, despite being immediately disqualified after the first offence.
WA’s opposition and farming leaders have poked holes in the State Budget, labelling it one of “missed opportunity” that shows the regions continue to “bankroll vanity projects” in the city.
Cally Dupe and Josephine Hingst
Broome’s Australia Post Office and Beyond Blue have pulled out all the stops in tackling the mental health and loneliness crisis by offering free postcards to customer to help encourage connection.
Nearly 24 years after a British backpacker vanished in a remote part of the Northern Territory while travelling with his girlfriend, police have made a fresh plea.
Brendan Kearns and Alexandra Feiam
Broome locals have been adorning scarves and jackets over the past week to seek comfort from a noticeable dip in overnight temperatures, and it’s not just in their heads
Oil extended a slump as US President Donald Trump announced a tentative ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
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The former West Coast Eagle is facing four counts of sexually penetrating a child over 13 and under 16.
Cameron John has taken out the win at the Broome Pro-Am at the weekend, coming away with a $8045 pay day.
Kimberley Minister Stephen Dawson has described last Thursday’s State Budget as having “something for everyone” in the region, despite the scrapping of a key household energy credit and rising utility bills.
A Broome police officer who pushed an Aboriginal man to the ground earlier this year has been disciplined, WA Police have confirmed.
