Thousands of fun lovers and farming enthusiasts mustered in Narrogin on Saturday to commemorate the region’s unity and farming industry at the agricultural show’s 121st year.
Hannah Whitehead
Kalan Joyce was the star of the show, with a five-wicket haul and an unbeaten knock of 27 to give Lake Grace victory over Cuballing in round one of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade season.
Claire Middleton
Three sitting councillors have been re-elected to the Shire of Narrogin council, with the successful trio announced on Saturday night
The new Great Southern Cricket Association season got underway with four teams claiming victories in two rounds of Twenty20 games on Saturday.
Cameron Newbold
A Wheatbelt primary school is vying for the number one mural national vote after being named the Keep Australia Beautiful state winner for its student-created mural.
Thousands of show-goers from all around the Wheatbelt enjoyed the Narrogin Agricultural Show on Saturday, celebrating its 121st year with rides, food, music and art.
Newdegate farmers say the doubling of their town’s permanent grain storage capacity with a new $20 million receival site will mean fewer trucks in the townsite this harvest.
Cally Dupe
Katanning’s shire president was the first councillor to retain her seat in the 2025 local government election, with the three successful candidates being announced on Sunday afternoon.
WA’s shadow minster for aged care has slammed changes to federal home care funding, and warned it would “savage” the sector in the states regional areas.
Rose Patane
Narrogin youngster Maison Shepherd took to the sky earlier this month when undertaking the local gliding program, taking a step closer to his piloting dream.
Rural shires Wagin and Cuballing decided to hold in-person council elections instead of postal votes – saving money but seemingly counting a cost in terms of voter turnout.
Williams go into the 2025-26 Upper Great Southern Cricket Association season hoping to collect a third A-grade premiership on the trot.
A Wheatbelt man has fronted court accused of murdering an older man in an argument that turned violent outside a home.
Rebecca Le May
A principal at a regional WA primary school has admitted committing a sex offence in the metropolitan area in January.
At the Wild Gravel event in Gnowangerup, it was Perth-based Frenchman Simon Billeau who took the spoils in the prestigious 150km race, completing the ride through the Stirling Range in 4hr. 35min. 38sec.
The decision to transfer Narrogin’s shire-run home care services to an external provider has been put to the public, with the council floating the idea in the wake of new Acts and regulations.
Meet Caitlyn Burling, a former agriculture journalist and communications officer with Corrigin Farm Improvement Group
Georgia Campion
Only a quarter of voters in the Shire of Narrogin have cast their ballots in the council election, just days out from polls closing.
Gnowangerup was pumped and ready for the Wild Gravel experience which started with a community event on Friday, October 10.
St John WA has made a strong plea for more volunteers to join their ranks as regional sub-centres struggle to fill critical life-saving positions.
The family of a woman brutally killed by her partner sobbed in relief as her killer pleaded guilty to her murder just as his Supreme Court trial was about to begin.
Sarah Crawford
The CRISP Wireless Kulin Bush Races brought the Wheatbelt community to a stop over the weekend, marking its 30th anniversary and an expansion with the opening of a new headquarters in town.
A surge in native budworm populations is cause for concern for canola and pulse growers across the Wheatbelt.
A 48-year-old Perth man has been charged over a horror crash in the Great Southern region that killed a girl and seriously injured four others.
