Tourism WA is keeping any plans for headline talent for its Pair’d festival under close wraps.
Warren Hately
Margaret River is set to feature in its very own version of popular board game Monopoly.
Margaret River surf star Jack Robinson was this week named as one of four Australians to represent the country in surfing at the next Olympics.
A Stan TV production set to roll cameras in Augusta later this month has put out a call for extras.
Environment Minister Reece Whitby is playing his cards close to his chest in a move key figures fear may be a bluff leading with an empty hand.
WA’s planning authority has yet to give any indication on when a decision will be made about the future of high-rise development in Dunsborough.
Margaret River’s growing roller derby contingent will make the trek to Albany next weekend for a competition dubbed the Regional Rumble.
The ever-growing Edible Gardens Festival sets up across the Margaret River region this weekend with a bevy of private properties open to the public.
The odds are slowly tipping in favour of incumbent MP Jane Kelsbie retaining the seat of Warren-Blackwood.
An artistic showcase has been set up at the Heart in the lead-up to the region’s signature literary festival.
Residents are invited to take part in a speed dating event with a difference.
Capes surfers will head further south this weekend for the first round of the WA Longboard Championships.
Local business operator Melissa D’Ath was sworn in as a Shire of Augusta-Margaret River councillor on Monday.
Mindful Margaret River says the State Government is wrong to claim it has addressed the findings of a high-level report into child and adolescent health services for outlying communities in the South West.
Surf Life Saving WA says shark sightings increased yet again during the past year as the Westpac chopper winds down for the season.
The efforts of WA business leaders undertaking a gruelling trek in the region this week look poised to raise almost three quarters of a million dollars for one of the State’s most worthy mental health groups.
Margaret River’s Grand Mercue Basildene Manor has been recognised as one of the best boutique resorts in the South Pacific by Tripadvisor.
Sean Van Der Wielen
Augusta-Margaret River have signalled their intent to enter a women’s team in the South West Football League for the 2025 season, with the club’s president calling the venture their “number one priority”.
Josh Kempton
A 42-year-old man will spend more time behind bars after a spree of offending which saw him threaten police with an axe.
The council has approved the formation of a project team to look into more ways for the local government to make money – though what that actually entails remains vague.
A former teacher says the Education Minister must tackle the growing workload from student mental health and wellbeing if he wants to retain the many teachers leaving for good.
Vintners have celebrated an end to this year’s rapid-fire vintage, with all indicators the early start to the season hasn’t affected the overall outcome at all.
The circus is set to be in town this week, with circus schools from Fremantle, Busselton and Margaret River uniting for a showstopping partnership.
Holly Prentice
The South Western Times and the City of Bunbury will welcome top sporting performers from across the region on Friday night during the annual Sport Star of the Year Awards night.
Amber Lilley