Drivers facing serious driving charges could be kept off West Australian roads for longer under new legislation passed by the State Parliament.
Amy Towers
Sonics Grey scored their first win of the new men’s A-grade season while Mt Barker continued their impressive start to the women’s open competition after round three on Tuesday night.
Cameron Newbold
An Albany man will be behind bars for a decade after a horrific crash in which he veered on to the wrong side of the road and into another vehicle while “extremely” high on meth, killing a young driver.
Melissa Sheil and Jessica Evensen
An ambitious $41 million master plan for improvements to sporting facilities in Mt Barker got the nod from the Shire of Plantagenet council last Tuesday.
Claire Middleton
The trial of a Great Southern man accused of driving carelessly and causing a crash at a Redmond train crossing last year that resulted in his wife’s death has been adjourned without a conclusion.
Jacki Elezovich
Albany is home to many artists, but it also houses a considerable art collection, with 457 works owned by the city.
There has been a leadership shake-up in the Denmark Chamber of Commerce and Industry, after chief executive Gillian Corker announced last week she would be resigning from the role.
Melissa Sheil
Rope pulleys, secret cubbies and a treehouse — one Albany accommodation is giving children a reason to put down their screens and rediscover the fun of play.
Albany, Denmark and Mt Barker are all finalists in this year’s WA Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities awards, with Albany also in the running for the State gong.
Adverse weather conditions on Saturday prevented sailors from participating in their sail past to kick off the 2026-2027 season at Princess Royal Sailing Club.
Des Beeck
A packed schedule of headbangers, foot stompers and toe tappers came to a hell-raising conclusion on Saturday as the City of Albany’s Live @ the Town Hall finshed the season with a bang.
Now a place of learning and scholarship, the distinctive clock tower, turrets and gabled terraces of Albany’s UWA campus on Stirling Terrace once served a different purpose — mail.
The 2026 Albany Show isn’t for a couple of weeks yet, but one show bag has already been collected.
The patter of tiny feet has been echoing around Albany’s Rainbow Child Care Centre for three decades and staff are marking the occasion with a 30th birthday open day on Saturday.
Albany Gold start the defence of their Lower Great Southern League division one shield when they entertain Middleton Beach Green on Saturday.
A landmark exhibition has opened at the Katanning Art Gallery as the story of one of Australia’s significant Aboriginal communities stops off on its regional WA tour.
Denmark residents will get a hands on look at what it takes to prepare for bushfires, with emergency services setting up demonstrations and family activities this weekend Bushfire Ready Weekend.
It was the word “pshaw” that on popular app Wordle that broke the camel’s back for Denmark man Russell Hoffman, leading him to invent a Australian version of the game.
An application to more than double the capacity of a school site in Yakamia has been put forward for public comment as an alternative “boutique” high school for at-risk students looks to takeover the campus.
Photographs of the Milky Way starburst reflecting in a river, wandering emus and paw prints in the sand have been announced as the winners of the 2026 Bloom Festival photography competition.
The Great Southern will launch the new racing season on Sunday, with 19 meetings to be held across Albany and Mt Barker and confirmation the Bluff Knoll returning in a different format.
Cameron Newbold and Melissa Sheil
Brad Bootsma, who coached North Albany’s top men’s footy side for five years, has stepped away from the role and will concentrate on helping endurance athletes.
Children in Narrogin should be able to return to their favourite playground as works to refurbish the Lions Park play area were due to be completed this week.
The many sounds of Albany are glorious to behold, writes Albany resident Jillian Luscombe.
Jillian Luscombe
