Albany’s Steve Millhouse has been recognised as an outstanding tourism professional at this year’s WA Tourism Awards, taking home the inaugural Excellence by a Tourism Professional award.
Jacki Elezovich
Top three sides Railways, Mt Barker and Albany recorded resounding wins in round six of the Great Southern Football League season on Saturday, stretching the gap to the bottom three teams on the ladder.
Melissa Sheil and Cameron Newbold
The closure on the main route between Perth and Albany comes over the WA Day long weekend, when thousands of travellers will use the highway to travel between the two locations.
Emergency services rescued a hiker from the Stirling Range National Park on Saturday, with crews from around the Great Southern working together to complete the eight-hour rescue.
Fifth-term Federal Liberal MP Rick Wilson says he is disappointed to have been dumped from the shadow cabinet under new Liberal leader Sussan Ley but will continue advocating for livestock producers.
Melissa Sheil
A couple who subjected their daughter to five years of “degrading” and “humiliating” abuse, including whipping her with cables and holding her head in a water barrel, have avoided jail.
Katanning local Dillon Clay has been named Australia’s top agricultural tyre fitter taking out the agricultural and off-road category in the inaugural Tyre Fitter of the Year awards.
The humble first lieutenant of the Bremer Bay Volunteer Fire and Emergency Service says his nomination for a prestigious award honouring exceptional volunteer fireys is one his “whole crew deserves”.
Cost of living increases and an uptick in women fleeing family violence means the donation drive to stock Albany’s women’s refuge with basic toiletries and clothing is more important than ever, organisers say.
Three intrepid division two skippers and crews braved the squally 22-knot cold south-westerly to race in heat three of the Princess Royal Sailing Club winter series. And winter it was.
Des Beeck
Albany’s business community brought its regular meet-and-greet to an aged care home this month, with Clarence Estate putting on a spread for the attendees.
Eliza Kavanagh
Kojonup gun on fire to boot 12 goals in Cougars mauling of Imperials in LSWFL, the new Bring Ya Boots podcast bringing to life great country footy stories and top recognition for passionate Railways president.
Cameron Newbold
Royals midfielder Michael McGlade picked up a perfect 10 in his first polling of the season in the Great Southern Football League coaches votes on Saturday.
Denmark restaurant The Dam screened new film Just A Farmer on Monday night, with the evening presented by Black Dog Ride and aiming to open conversations about mental health and suicide in rural Australia.
Albany Caledonian cemented their place at the top of the Great Southern Soccer Association senior men’s ladder with a last-gasp victory over Polonia on Saturday night.
Claire Middleton
A record number of participants will hit the waves this weekend for the annual Albany Surf Craft Challenge with hundreds set to descend on the city for the iconic event.
More than 70 students from Albany’s education support schools enjoyed a day of footy fun on Thursday thanks to an inclusive AFL carnival hosted by All Abilities Football WA.
Staff at Albany’s foreshore attractions are getting ready to welcome thousands of WA Day visitors with a host of events on the cards to keep them entertained.
A proposal to triple the operating time period and remove transport restrictions of a lime pit in Nullaki has been shut down by Albany councillors.
A push to move the playing dates of the women’s season to align with the men’s competition is being considered by the Great Southern Football League.
Albany SES volunteer Ben Whittle has taken out the top award at the Great Southern’s Volunteer of the Year Awards with a range of community organisations and individuals recognised on the night.
Narrikup 1 are one of three undefeated teams after claiming a five-goal victory over Magpies 1 on Saturday in round four of the Albany Netball Association A1 competition at Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre.
Paul ‘Pablo’ Sleeman, who saved his father’s life following an horrendous tractor accident, was named the Shire of Denmark’s Youth Citizen of the Year at the town’s Resource Centre Gallery on Saturday.
A ruthless Narrogin snared their fourth victory in a row to climb to second place on the 2025 Upper Great Southern Football League ladder, thumping Kukerin-Dumbleyung at Clayton Road Oval on Sunday.
Cameron Newbold and Hannah Whitehead
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