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TRASH TO TREASURECamera Icon2021 Flotsam and Jetsam competition winners announced

Finishing up its 10th year, the competition saw more than 80 people from across the Mid West work their creative magic across the seven categories, producing an “exceptional” quality of work.

Liam Beatty

TRASH TO TREASURE2021 Flotsam and Jetsam competition winners announced

Finishing up its 10th year, the competition saw more than 80 people from across the Mid West work their creative magic across the seven categories, producing an “exceptional” quality of work.

Liam Beatty

Crash siteMinister inspects works at fatal intersection

Upgrades worth $2.6 million to be complete late July

Geoff Vivian

Anti-violence summitSummit to tackle family violence epidemic

A community group organising a family violence prevention summit later this month says official police data only scratches the surface and fails to capture the true magnitude of the issue.

Lisa Favazzo

opinion
opinion
Soul food
opinion
Self-awareness takes time to master

Today I want to talk about self-awareness. How often do you stop and think about why you do what you do? How often do you check in with yourself and ask how you’re going?

Pia Richardson

MAKE A DIFFERNCERat poison killing birds

A Geraldton wildlife carer is urging locals to choose wildlife-friendly rat poison as she sees a dramatic increase in poisoning deaths in native owls and other local predators.

Liam Beatty

CELEBRATE WAResearcher honoured for work with Geraldton youth

A WA doctor credited for changing the lives of Indigenous youth in Geraldton has been honoured as one of the State’s best contributors with a prestigious award nomination.

Elise Van Aken

Bookings lowTour bookings scarce as Kalbarri reopens after Seroja

Visitors have started to return to Kalbarri post-cyclone Seroja, but tour operators desperate for business have received few bookings.

Phoebe Pin

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POWER STRIKEPremium
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Electricity row stalls work

The union for Western Power workers has said the Mid West network would have Cyclone Seroja if it “had been properly maintained,” a claim the corporation has refuted.

Elise Van Aken

Wardrobe treasuresExhibition to showcase old and quirky wardrobe finds

A lime-green wedding dress, clothing passed down through the generations, and pieces more than 100 years old will be on display in a new exhibition in Greenough this weekend.

Phoebe Pin

Speed petitionCall to cut speed for safer foreshore access

Local residents want a 50km speed limit and a crosswalk near the crystal ball.

Geoff Vivian

Joyous celebrationMuslim community marks end of Ramadan

People from many nations mark the end of Ramadan

Geoff Vivian

violent attackPremiumBoyfriend stabs partner in head in jealous rage

A Geraldton man has been jailed for 10 months after stabbing his partner in the head after arguing with his partner of 14 years over ‘alleged historical infidelity’.

Liam Beatty

Ellendale reopensTourist attraction open again

The toilets are once again working at this favourite camping ground.

Geoff Vivian

Star discoveryNew star detected by Murchison Wide Field Array

Astronomers using the Murchison Wide Field Array telescope have discovered a dense and rapidly spinning neutron star sending radio waves into the cosmos.

STAFF REPORTER

New bossCarnarvon rich in opportunity, says new shire executive

Bringing years’ of leadership experience to the role, new shire chief executive Andrea Selvey says Carnarvon is bursting with opportunity.

Phoebe Pin

Seeding SeasonRain a welcome relief for Morawa Ag students

Tractors are red, the sky is blue, subsoil moisture levels are sweet and there’s a good crew of Year 12s seeding crops at WA College of Agriculture — Morawa this year.

Cally Dupe

DRUG BUSTEleven charged over drugs, weapons

Eleven people across the Mid West have been charged with drug offences, including two with weapons offences also, after a series of police raids last week.

Elise Van Aken

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Homeless support
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Funding plan for rough sleepers

Case workers will find housing and help with medical and Centrelink appointments.

Geoff Vivian

Store threatenedPetition to save Moonyoonooka Store

Plans for Geralton bypass put store on road to ruin.

Geoff Vivian

accused burglarMan charged following spate of break-ins in Geraldton

A 20-year-old man is facing 17 charges stemming from seven home burglaries over a four-day period across the suburbs of Geraldton last month.

Liam Beatty

DUNNY DOWNToilet woes shut pool

Tourist attraction Ellendale Pool looks set to remain closed as a lack of tradespeople in the region delays repairs to the campground toilets.

Elise Van Aken & Liam Beatty

GOLD STARAn innovative way to make your mark

Barely finished with high school, a young gun and recent Youth Award winner wants to inspire Mid West students to take the road less travelled and make their own place in the workforce.

Lisa Favazzo

KNIFE THREATSPremiumGeraldton beach robbery lands man in jail

A man has been jailed for two years and nine months after threatening to “put f...ing holes” in a man and stealing his phone in a “terrifying” attack on the Geraldton foreshore.

Liam Beatty