A talented local digital portrait artist will host her debut exhibition next week, offering a vibrant show of works combining pop art, floral and Indigenous design elements.
Rosa Griffith
Family ties and personal passion have motivated a local venue manager to work tirelessly towards revitalising the Boulder Ex-Servicemen’s Memorial Club.
Toby Cann
The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking the public’s help in adding names to the faces in this image.
Tegan Guthrie
The Wheatbelt and Goldfields have fared better than the rest of the State in a new analysis of the number of properties WA’s essential workers can afford to lease, although numbers remain critically low.
A volunteer for Goldfields Native Animal Care has outlined the dos and don’ts of snake season as warm weather brings an uptake in scaly sightings.
The Rotary Club of Boulder has raised a record-breaking quarter of a million dollars in its annual auction, which is set to make an “amazing” difference to local families and groups.
Isabella Davis
The State’s road policing command completed a regional patrol in Kalgoorlie-Boulder at the weekend, targeting drink and drug driving during popular times that can pose a greater risk to the community.
Goldfields-Esperance police Insp. Mick Kelly says educational awareness, proactive policing and offender identification will be “key” to a new operation targeting e-scooters and off-road motorcycles.
Norseman’s long-serving doctor and the Shire of Dundas are at loggerheads over whether medical services fall within the scope of local governments to fund, with the shire having removed support in 2023
WA’s biggest fertiliser company is making strides to double its liquid storage capacity in Esperance after quadrupling storage at its Mid West facility last year.
Georgia Campion
An Esperance stevedore and general hand has been named as the best in the west, winning the health and safety representative of the year at Worksafe WA’s 2026 Work Health and Safety Excellence Awards.
A local Aboriginal-led cardiac imaging service was showcased at an international medical conference last week, demonstrating how telehealth technology overcame distance and staff shortages in regional WA.
An important health initiative reducing rates of chronic middle ear disease in Aboriginal and at-risk children through medical checks in the Goldfields and other regions has received equipment upgrades.
A project has given names, stories and headstone repairs to more than 5000 lonely and unmarked graves across Australia in the decade since it began.
A program to detect European starlings using artificial intelligence has kicked off along WA’s south coast in an attempt to protect grain, livestock and fruit.
The Kalgoorlie Boulder Urban Landcare Group is inviting the community to starting turning their trash into treasure, with entries soon to open for the 2027 rECOnstructed Recycled Art Competition.
The Shire of Dundas has advocated to the water minister and Water Corporation to increase Norseman’s water capacity, voicing concerns of insufficient storage due to increased mining activity in the area.
Planes carrying fly-in, fly-out mining workers are unable to land at Norseman Aerodrome this week because of a crack on the runway and are expected to travel through Esperance until repairs are completed.
Guests at the 2027 Goldfields Children Charity Ball will be transported to the dramatic cliffside landscapes and glowing sunsets of Santorini for one special night, with the ball’s theme revealed this week.
An Esperance butcher has assured customers they are still taking card payments after promoting a monthly “cash-preferred” day that resulted in a “media circus” implying the business was going cash only.
A local newsagent believes Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a “pretty lucky place” after selling a winning division one ticket worth $1.5 million in last Saturday’s Lotto draw.
A pair of Peruvian mining professionals on a study trip in Kalgoorlie-Boulder say the two global industry powerhouses have many similarities and differences.
The Shire of Menzies has approved the expansion of gold miner Ora Banda Mining’s facilities and exploration toward the historic Davyhurst ghost town site and an unnamed road reserve.
Pet owners struggling with the costs of caring for their furry friends had a helping hand from RSPCA WA last week.
