Tegan Guthrie

Goldfields girls and women will now have greater access to free women’s health support thanks to an expansion of a collaborative service.

A man who avoided further prison time for his involvement in a violent home invasion has again avoided more jail for putting someone in a sleeper hold until they passed out and leaving them on a road.

A local business owner and licensed firearm holder kept his three guns in a bush in the backyard of a friend’s house because he “did not want them to be stolen”.

A high school bus driver’s quick thinking helped narrowly avoid a potential tragedy when a train crashed into an overpass, flinging debris on to the highway in front of the vehicle loaded with students.

An almost 20-metre telecommunication tower has been approved for installation on Hay Street to help improve communications capability at a mining camp just outside Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

The 80km/h speed limit zone along Yarri Road has been extended to improve safety in the area which has seen an increase in traffic and heavy vehicle activity.

A man accused of three home burglaries and stealing property valued at more than $8000 — as well as the ashes of a beloved pet dog — has been refused bail.

Students in remote Goldfields schools are getting hands-on experience with rockets and microscopes as Scitech embarks on a more than 6000km tour of the region.

A repeat reckless driver with a “horrifying” 19-page record who tried to evade police before becoming bogged out bush has been told it was “pure luck” he had not killed anyone with his driving.

A high school bus driver’s quick thinking helped narrowly avoid a potential tragedy when a train crashed into an overpass, flinging debris on to the highway in front of the vehicle loaded with students.