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A 19-year-old woman was injured in a car rollover at Port Denison's South Beach.

EmergencyPremiumYoung woman injured in South Beach car rollover

A car crash on Port Denison’s South Beach on Sunday left a 19-year-old woman seriously injured after she was flung from the vehicle. 

Imogen Wilson

Geraldton MLA Kirrilee Warr gets dunked for a good cause at the Geraldton Netball Association's FightMND Big Freeze fundraiser.

NetballPremiumGoing, going, gone: Pollie’s ice-breaker for good cause

Geraldton’s netball community turned blue for a worthy cause over the past week, with players, families, volunteers and Geraldton MLA Kirrilee Warr coming together to support the FightMND Big Freeze campaign.

Derek Goforth

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 14: Liam Ryan of the Saints celebrates kicking a goal during the round 14 AFL match between St Kilda Saints and Greater Western Sydney Giants at Marvel Stadium, on June 14, 2026, in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

FootballPremiumRyan on fire with two career-best performances in a row

It took Geraldton’s Liam Ryan 133 AFL games to post a career-high five-goal haul, but all he needed to beat his new benchmark was one game as the livewire forward delivered another highlight reel in round 14.

Kate Campbell

Josh Keyes takes on CJ Turnage.

BasketballPremiumBuccs tame Wolves in dramatic top-three tussle

Geraldton Buccaneers fired a huge warning shot to other would-be finalists after taming the third-placed Joondalup Wolves by 18 points at Activewest Stadium on Saturday night. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas meets with shop owners at Northgate Shopping Centre on Friday.

PoliticsPremiumHousing crisis a major focus of Lib leader’s Gero visit

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas says that housing in the regions is a major priority after his visit to Geraldton on Friday and Saturday.

Sally Q Davies

Aurizon Narngulu East rail depot.

IndustryPremium Narngulu land opens for project ideas

Geraldton’s industry will be getting a boost, as 130 hectares just out of town has opened for proposals from a range of stakeholders. 

Sally Q Davies

Jason Daniels for Rovers and Eli Grigsby for Railways.

FootballPremiumRovers derail Railways to claim top spot outright

Only one could come out on top of the ladder and Rovers ensured it was them with a thrilling three-point win on Saturday afternoon in round eight of the Community Bank Geraldton GNFL season. 

Rebecca Ruthven

A Mid West grandmother has become $50,000 richer thanks to her usual morning routine of a coffee and Scratch’N’Win. 

LottoWA grandmother returns to first date spot after Lotto win

More than 30 years after a Mid West woman went to a Chinese restaurant on a first date with her now-husband, her entire family will return to celebrate her newfound Lotto jackpot. 

Tegwen Bescoby

Geraldton Courthouse.

Courts and crimePremiumMan threatened to kill neighbours over dog-cat fight

A Geraldton man has been fined for threatening to kill and pulling a knife on his neighbours after their dog attacked his cat. 

Imogen Wilson

Rose Holdaway at the Geraldton Kite Festival and Puppet Parade.

ArtsPremiumFirst Kite Festival and Puppet Parade reaches great heights

If you spotted kites flying across the sky or sea-creatures bobbing down the Geraldton foreshore on Sunday, you were witness to the inaugural Geraldton Kite Festival and Puppet Parade. 

Sally Q Davies

This season marks Liam Hunt’s first as captain.

BasketballPremiumHunt finding the fun in leading through tricky period

Geraldton Buccaneers captain Liam Hunt originally never set out to be captain, but now he’s managed to find the fun in leading a new-look Buccs side through an experimental, yet rewarding period on court. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Peter Windie, Ken Capewell, Tash Gillespie, Henry Sims, and Chris Dann.

Aboriginal affairsPremiumYamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation wins nationwide award

A local Yamatji organisation has received a nationwide award for its innovative forums that bring groups across the region together. 

Sally Q Davies

Geraldton's most famous bird, the vagrant black-headed gull.

EnvironmentPremiumBird-watchers flock to rare black-headed gull in Geraldton

There’s a celebrity in our midst- and it’s not one of Geraldton’s acclaimed authors or acting talent, but a rare type of gull. 

Sally Q Davies

Kazuals centre Shannon Millett

NetballPremiumKazuals, Aztecs again assert themselves as front runners

Kazuals and Aztecs maintained their grip on the top two positions of the Geraldton Netball Association senior one ladder on Tuesday night, with both sides recording impressive victories in round seven action.

Derek Goforth

La Fiamma Women

FootballPremiumLa Fiamma keep burning bright in Perth Leagues

Ugle Fabrications La Fiamma is up and about with both the men’s and women’s sides scoring huge wins over the weekend in their respective quests for cup glory in the Perth leagues. 

Rebecca Ruthven

The Geraldton Courthouse

Courts and crimeNeglectful mother avoids prison, handed second chance

A Geraldton mother of three convicted of severe parental neglect and harm has narrowly avoided time behind bars, instead given an opportunity to change her ways. 

Imogen Wilson

City of Greater Geraldton mayor Jerry Clune.

What I SeePremiumOur mayor: a good citizen and even better prankster

Our mayor Jerry Clune is a good bloke. I consider him a valued friend — and everything that goes with that — including “taking the mickey” out of you. Recently he decided to have a real lend of me.

Peter Fiorenza

A rise in the number of house fires in the Mid West has prompted a warning from authorities.

Emergency servicesPremiumWinter fires in the Mid West-Gascoyne rise by 60 per cent

The number of house fires in the Mid West-Gascoyne region has jumped by 60 per cent in a year, prompting a warning from authorities to be on alert.

Sally Q Davies

Olly Wrensted and her husband Clarry chat lovingly via the telephone while they sit on either side of his nursing home window in 2020.

OpinionVale to Geraldton legend, Olly Wrensted

It was sad to hear the news this week of the passing of former Geraldton stalwart Olly Wrensted.

Kate Campbell

The redevelopment of Geraldton Health Campus seen from above.

Pom in OzPremiumIs long-awaited hospital upgrade really a success story?

There is something that feels increasingly unsettling about politics in regional WA at the moment, and the Geraldton hospital upgrade has become the perfect example of it

Derek Goforth

Layla Opalinski, Josie Drummond, Tash Zasun and Tayte Pappin support FightMND

Big FreezePremiumLocal netballers join fight on MND

Geraldton Netball Association has joined the fight against Motor Neurone Disease, with its Big Freeze in full swing in the lead-up to Saturday’s main event. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Inspector of custodial services Eamon Ryan.

Prison reviewSystemic prison failures, breakdown spotlighted in report

Parallels have been drawn between the deteriorating conditions at Hakea, Casuarina and Melaleuca Women’s prisons and the warning signs of the Greenough Regional Prison riot in 2018.

Imogen Wilson

The alleged abusive behaviour occurred at Greenough Oval during round seven's league match between Rovers and Chapman Valley.

FootballPremiumGNFL investigating verbal abuse of female water runners

The Community Bank Geraldton Great Northern Football League is reviewing an incident in which a group of spectators allegedly verbally abused female water carriers during a league game last weekend.

Rebecca Ruthven

Foundation Guillaume International and Intercoiffure Mondial Paris candidate Imran Byron.

Intercoiffure MondialPremiumGeraldton’s own hairstylist set to impress in Paris

A Geraldton-based hairdresser is set to take the world stage after being selected to travel to Paris for an international hairdressing program.

Imogen Wilson