Firefighters battle blaze at Many Peaks
Firefighters are continuing to battle a bushfire that started in Many Peaks, north east of Albany, yesterday morning.
View ArticleDriver cops $3,800 fine for doing 92kph in school zone
An Albany court has fined a man nearly $4,000 for driving through a school zone on the South Coast Highway at more than double the speed limit.
View ArticleDwindling newspaper deliveries to regions a sign of things to come: academic
A journalism professor says he is not surprised by the decision to stop delivering WA's daily newspaper to several country towns.
View ArticleManypeaks cattle farmer Cody Shilling explains how he landed his dream job on...
Cody Shilling, 30, says he's incredibly lucky to be given the opportunity to farm alongside the Metcalf family in Manypeaks. He's enthusiastic about the future of farming and says you don't necessarily...
View ArticleWhat does the face of a future farmer in Australia look like?
Over the next couple of decades, as the older farmers retire, who is going to carry agriculture into the future?
View ArticleVictorian man assisting police with Manypeaks fire investigation
A 24-year-old Victorian man is assisting police with their inquiries into a bushfire that started at Manypeaks, east of Albany, on News Year's Day.
View ArticleThe tiny WA school with a drastic waste reduction
A school in regional WA with just 28 students slashes its waste by 83 per cent.
View ArticleSouthern WA rain leaves inland farmers relieved but coastal crops soaked
A series of cold fronts over the southern half of Western Australia has dumped more than 100 millimetres of rain over the Great Southern and 120 to 160mm over the heavier-hit parts of the south coast...
View ArticleBush clinic helps Indigenous men open up about their health
Health workers head out of the hospital and into the bush to provide Indigenous men with the physical and mental health support they need.
View ArticleBanding together to protect the 'Elvis' of birds
A boy band, an island paradise and a private helicopter landing pad sound like things you may associate with rock stars, not a tiny semi-flightless bird.
View ArticleTwo-headed calf stillborn an extremely rare form of partial twinning
Farmers on Western Australia's south coast are shocked by the arrival of a stillborn two-headed calf.
View ArticleLittle-known reserve sheds light on ancient lifestyle on WA's south coast
A little-known reserve on Western Australia's south coast reveals how Indigenous people lived thousands of years ago.
View ArticleAlbany future landfill site to be located at Manypeaks
Vancouver Waste Services director Martin Shuttleworth explains how the new landfill north-east of Albany will work.
View ArticleWA town plans sustainable landfill future as current site nears closure
With Albany council planning the closure of its landfill, a local waste company is hoping to play a leading role in creating the region's sustainable future.
View ArticleWhat mum loves about one of WA's smallest schools
Two students will graduate from Mount Manypeaks Primary School at the end of this year and two kindy students will start next year to keep its enrolment at 20.
View ArticleThe bubble has burst for Aussie cattle prices and producers are taking the hit
Cattle producers in WA who are supplying beef to domestic and international markets are feeling the pain of sudden price drops.
View ArticleWest Australian Christmas 'fire tree' signals an early threat
Bright yellow flowers on an ancient tree have been a warning sign of impending bushfires for thousands of years, Aboriginal people on the WA south coast say, and it comes with fireys already fatigued...
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