Midwest Times

GARDEN TIPSOPINION: Tending to vines a passion in Geraldton

Passion vines are popular around Geraldton and they grow really well there.

Stan Maley

Les Baumgarten with some very productive passionfruit vines.

2020 FOOTBALLSeason still alive for two leagues

Reuben Carder

PADDOCK PICNICNorthampton’s Mary Hasleby to celebrate 100th birthday

A much-loved lady will today celebrate a century of life with a picnic in a paddock. Only a few will be there physically, but hundreds will be there in spirit as Mary Hasleby hits 100 in Northampton.

Peter Sweeney

DONATION CALLGesture helps push tourists north

Tourists to the world-famous Busselton Jetty are being urged to donate gold coins, which will be used to market getaway destinations in the Mid West and Gascoyne.

Peter Sweeney

COVID-19Crisis packages bring relief to Aboriginal communities

People in Aboriginal communities across the Mid West and Gascoyne have received about 800 food and hygiene packages to help combat isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Geoff Vivian

CAR ROLLOVERPolice name driver killed in Wandina crash

Police have released the name of a man who died after a single vehicle rollover in the Geraldton suburb of Wandina yesterday.

Adam Poulsen and Geoff Vivian

GOOD THINKINGOPINION: Raised garden beds a smart idea

“I didn’t like the idea of bending down, after making some garden beds at my old house, and came up with the idea of making frames.”

Stan Maley

BUSH TALENTMid West sounds go national

Ten talented Mid West musicians will have their work broadcast to the entire country as part of an ambitious regional recording project.

Adam Poulsen

Grant boosts Geraldton botanical garden goal

“The grant’s great, but we have to put in much of our own funds. This is a big project which will beautify the area, but we need more money and members to make it a reality.”

Regional borders to open for WA Day weekend

Most of WA’s regional borders are set to be reopened from May 29 after the Premier announced a plan to boost the State’s economic recovery amid coronavirus restrictions.

OPINION: Aussies, Poms are different and yet the same

We have been in The Land Down Under nigh-on 11 years and been citizens for almost five. Something I notice more and more are the similarities and differences between the Aussie and Pommie cultures.

FARMERS PAYOPINION: Bully called out, at a price

“Some industry will inevitably pay the price for calling out global bullies. In this instance, and not for the first time, it is our farmers who are paying the price.”

Raelene Hall

FARM TRESPASSMid West couple fined for illegal feral pig hunt

A Northampton couple caught illegally hunting feral pigs on a farm have each copped $400 fines.

Adam Poulsen

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The West Australian

Hot listMeet Perth’s most eligible bachelors of 2020

Restrictions have lifted so kick off the Ugg boots and say goodbye to isolation. The West has compiled a list of Perth’s best and brightest bachelors to inspire you to get back into the dating scene.

Lily Hoffmann

ExclusiveSt John using baby monitors to spy on ambos at work

WA paramedics say they are shocked to discover St John Ambulance is secretly monitoring them at work, with some finding listening devices hidden in mattresses in their rest areas.

Ben Harvey

Regional News

ExclusivePrincipal’s job up in smoke for growing weed

A wheelchair-bound Goldfields principal and former Paralympian has today lost his right to teach after being convicted for growing cannabis plants and stealing.

Bethany Hiatt

Cash injectionCheaper power on the horizon for remote communities

More affordable electricity could be on the horizon for Indigenous communities across regional WA as the Federal Government injects almost $20 million into local off-grid energy supplies.

Sarah Ison

Shock arrestsAboriginal Legal Service lawyers charged by police

A pair of lawyers who work together in Broome were today arrested for alleged unlawful conduct relating to a number of court cases in the Kimberley.

Jakeb Waddell and Carly Laden

KBCHS one of 40 WA schools selected for DETECT program

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School is one of 40 schools invited to participate in both the asymptomatic testing study and the psychosocial survey as part of the DETECT Schools program.

Kimberley border expected to reopen Friday

It would mean travellers could now roam anywhere within WA, with the exception of Indigenous communities.

Direct Derby flights still on cards

The town would have been in the midst of a 12-month trial of flights between the two destinations.

WA News

‘Not over yet’Why WA still needs to be wary of coronavirus

WA’s chief health officer has warned that COVID-19 restrictions could “retighten” if the virus takes grip of the State in the winter months.

Joe Spagnolo

Death in custodyWA Indigenous community calls for prison death answers

Members of the WA Indigenous community are tonight calling for answers — demanding that a “thorough independent” inquiry be held into the death of an Aboriginal man at a Perth prison.

Joe Spagnolo

Perth couple’s quickie wedding as rules relax

Two weeks ago Debra and Peter Heurea were planning ‘drive thru’ nuptials as a workaround with COVID-19 restrictions. When Phase 3 came into effect, they quickly pulled together something bigger.

How dramatic police sting nabbed 1kg of meth

Details of a dramatic police sting that snared a kilogram of meth, an addict and his co-accused Jenna Kaye Booth have been revealed during a District Court trial for Ms Booth.