Midwest Times

SPRING JOBSOPINION: Help your plot thrive this season

Stan Maley outlines his spring gardening to-do list, with a hot Geraldton summer just around the corner.

Stan Maley

Digging up home grown potatoes for dinner.

VISITOR INFLUXRec fishers causing a tonne of trouble at Shark Bay

Liam Beatty

PARK TRAGEDYThree hikers die at Mount Augustus in past three days

Tragedy has struck the remote area of Mount Augustus where three hikers have died in as many days while visiting the national park in the Upper Gascoyne.

Liam Beatty

TIGERS ROARMorawa storms home to claim NMFL flag

Morawa stormed home in the final term over a gallant Mingenew to claim the 2020 North Midlands Football League premiership.

Reuben Carder

PEDAL POWEROPINION: Farm girl’s old bicycle has character aplenty

“The bell doesn’t work, which isn’t a problem as there isn’t much in the way of pedestrians out here, and the cows either look bemused or run in terror at the sight of such a contraption.”

Raelene Hall

‘NO THREAT’ADF includes Geraldton in WA training exercise

Australian Defence Force personnel are carrying out training in Geraldton as part of a month-long exercise in WA.

Gavin Box

THEATRE SUPPORTOPINION: Coins in the pot for good cause

A community succulent garden in Geraldton is helping raise money for a theatre group.

Stan Maley

LABOUR SHORTAGEWorking holiday campaign welcomed

Tourism operators in Carnarvon and Geraldton have welcomed the State Government’s attempt to encourage young people to move north for work.

Lisa Favazzo

TIME GENTLEMENCarnarvon publican’s daughter has stories on tap

Joanne Baker, whose father Gordon Meiklejohn ran the Carnarvon Club until he retired in 1977, has written the book “Time Gentlemen Please” about his life.

CRUMBLING COASTLINEWA Nationals pledge $50m to fight erosion

WA Nationals have weighed into the State’s coastal erosion crisis with a promise to spend $50 million in 12 locations along the coast if they form government at the next election.

PARENTS BEWAREOPINION: Watch unforeseen costs with video games

“Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against video games. I have been an avid gamer (myself). But my experience with my own children and the children I teach has opened my eyes to a lot of issues.”

CAN YOU HELP?Manhunt for alleged Rangeway attacker ramps up

Police have released a composite image and a more complete description of the man they say sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl in the early hours of Saturday morning in Geraldton.

Geoff Vivian

RANGEWAY ASSAULTStreet light ‘broken for five years’ at crime scene

A sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl in Rangeway on Saturday occurred near a light pole that had not been working for at least five years, nearby residents say.

Geoff Vivian

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Claremont serial killingsEnigma of the Dark: Exclusive extracts from new book

The first extracts of Tim Clarke’s must-read true crime book into the Claremont serial killings, Enigma of the Dark, explore the horror and grief of the victims’ families and a whole city.

Tim Clarke

10 years onA modern-day epic: The inside story of the 2010 WAFL GF

The greatest game in modern WAFL history had it all, and 10 years on we re-visit the day Andrew Krakouer led Swan Districts to a thrilling premiership victory.

John Townsend

SNEAK PEEKTen amazing highlights of new museum unveiled

After more than four years and $400m, the new WA Museum Boola Bardip is almost ready. We take you through 10 highlights to expect when doors open.

Katherine Fleming

Regional News

A-salt chargeMan charged with ‘chicken salt’ assault on mum

A chicken salt container will be at the centre of a legal argument as a Kalgoorlie-Boulder man denies he assaulted his mother with the popular condiment.

Taylar Amonini

Kalgoorlie MinerGolden future of news as Kalgoorlie team celebrate past

WA’s last remaining daily regional newspaper this week celebrates its 125th birthday. Damon Erceg takes a look at the Kalgoorlie Miner’s past and its very bright future.

Damon Erceg

Spent convictionSpent conviction for Albany farmer who assaulted woman

Described as “quite disturbing” by police prosecutor Sergeant Peter Yuswack, the assault was captured on CCTV at the corner of York Street and Stirling Terrace.

Michael Traill

Bush legendsJack the Ripper and a tiny WA gold town

Is there a female spirit that lurks in the shadowy upper halls of the historic Palace Hotel in Southern Cross?

Drawn outFour years on, Doughty family still fights for justice

The Doughty family is pushing for compensation from the man who killed Elijah, who was in 2017 found guilty by a jury of dangerous driving occasioning death and sentenced to three years prison.

Coach chargedColts coach to front tribunal on misconduct charge

The Great Southern Football League have completed their investigation into Mt Barker’s colts team being removed from the field during the final quarter on August 30

WA News

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Hospitals in crisis as ambulances ramped for 162 hours

Ambulances were forced to queue outside Perth hospitals for hours last Monday — the single worst day for ramping ever recorded outside of last year’s horror flu season.

Peter Law

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Missing toddler Jimmy O’Reilly found safe

The little boy was discovered ‘fit, well and hungry’ by his grandfather just before 7pm, and was rushed to his parents who were waiting at their Airbnb in Yallingup.

Sarah Steger Jackson Lavell-Lee and Jackson Barrett

Pray for JimmyWA rallies on social media in bid to find missing boy

The angelic, baby-toothed smiling face of Perth toddler Jimmy O’Reilly stopped the State today, as people flooded social media with whatever information they had in a desperate bid to find him.

‘Appalling’ conditionsPolice pledge to keep searching until they find Jimmy

Police have pledged to continue searching for a young toddler lost in Yallingup bushland until he is found, despite facing ‘appalling’ conditions.

Permanent nightmareSerious infection claims at Perth tattoo studio

A Victoria Park tattoo studio has defended its hygiene practices after claims by management that multiple tattoos created by a former artist had become infected.

Bookshop brouhahaMan confronts Perth shop owner over JK Rowling ban

Police were today called to a Maylands book store that made international headlines this week for banning JK Rowling’s books after a man confronted the owner over the move.

Claire Ottaviano