In my column last week, I was an Olympics party pooper. Just a week later, I’m standing on the apology podium, saying I was wrong.
Kate Campbell
Geraldton’s Ugle Fabrications La Fiamma are expecting a tough test this week as they travel to face Fremantle SC in Perth, having beaten them 3-0 at home in the first round.
Reuben Carder
Geraldton’s NBL1 West basketball team will take a depleted side that is already looking ahead to next season into Saturday night’s home clash against a team with top-four ambitions.
It was a full house at Queens Park Theatre last Friday for the official launch of West Australian Music’s Sounds of the Mid West.
Lisa Favazzo
Lawyers for an 18-year-old man accused of being involved in the alleged arson which gutted the Victoria Hotel, have told a court they will ask for the matter to be dismissed without conviction.
Liam Beatty
Geraldton police have launched a crackdown on residents using off-road motorcycles dangerously in the city’s outer suburbs, operating drones to identify offenders.
While there is a gap to the top of the table, both the Bulldogs and Blues will want to firm up their chances of a top-four finish.
Regional residents with blood disorders can now receive treatment closer to home, thanks to a service expansion at the Midwest Cancer Centre.
Phoebe Pin
In the past two months, the Geraldton Scouts have suffered two break-ins, with thieves stealing $15,000 of camping equipment from the hall.
In Geraldton, we often receive a missing person report every week, which leads us to launch a welfare search for that person. It’s an issue that has been growing in frequency across the State.
Sen. Sgt Chris Martin
Real Estate Institute of WA data shows the June quarter median house price for Geraldton was $322,000, a rise of 3.9 per cent from the March quarter.
City of Greater Geraldton councillor Victor Tanti, who lives in a Point Moore cottage, said properties in the suburb were a great opportunity for a young family to have an affordable place to live.
Elise Van Aken
The City of Greater Geraldton council approved new local group to use the former visitor’s centre at the old railway building on Marine Terrace to pilot music programs.
Geraldton residents have demonstrated their superior recycling skills after the Wonthella container deposit scheme refund point was crowned the most successful outside of Perth.
A Walkaway farmer was arrested on Tuesday night after allegedly shooting a man in the face with an air rifle while trying to evict him from the property.
Communities devastated by cyclone Seroja will receive the largest disaster recovery package in the State’s history, with $104.5m pledged to support the next stage of the recovery and rebuild.
Phoebe Pin & Elise Van Aken
The Geraldton father who police allege accidentally broke leg of his baby daughter during a domestic violence incident last Friday remains in custody after making his second court appearance.
A Geraldton man has been handed a year-long jail term after lighting three fires in his cell at Hakea Prison during periods of “deteriorating mental health”.
The City of Greater Geraldton Council unanimously passed a proposal from Mount Gibson Iron to enter into a lease for the exclusive occupation of the accommodation units at the Mullewa Caravan Park.
The WA policeman who was the first serving officer to be charged with murder in almost 100 years after he fatally shot an Aboriginal woman outside her home is ready to stand trial later this year.
Shannon Hampton
City of Greater Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn said recent talks with the State Government were the “first time” commitments had been made towards implementing the Spalding Precinct Plan since 2017.
Last night City of Greater Geraldton Mayor Shane Van Styn put forward an amended motion for four Point Moore properties in danger demolition to have their leases opened for a further 18 years.
A Geraldton teenager will go to trial after denying he was responsible for a spate of burglaries allegedly committed over a three-day period earlier this year.
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