Manjimup Bridgetown Times

Pony ClubClub back for first rally

Bridgetown Horse and Pony Club celebrated its first rally since COVID-19 restrictions eased.

Tristan Wheeler

dressagePratt joins veteran in high-performance squad

Tristan Wheeler

Food DonationsProgram helps backpackers

Manjimup’s Seventh-day Adventist Church has been providing backpackers staying at the Manjimup Hotel with food and frozen meals, as part of the SecondBite program.

Tristan Wheeler

Council ElectionsChance for young to join council

Boyup Brook Shire Council will hold elections for a replacement for out-going councillor Graham Aird.

Tristan Wheeler

Skatepark GrafittiGraffiti at park

A 29-year-old Manjimup man will face court next month on a graffiti charge.

Tari Jeffers

Local vandalsTigers on the prowl to catch vandals

Acts of vandalism and theft have caused Tigers Football Club to install security cameras.

Tristan Wheeler

Art AwardsSculpture stands tall

Bridgetown artist Kim Perrier’s sculpture Carbonature Series 2020 has won the Viewers Choice Award at the South Western Times Art 2020 exhibition.

Tristan Wheeler

CRC Birthday25th marked online

The Boyup Brook Community Resource Centre has celebrated its 25th anniversary of serving the community with a virtual birthday party on March 19.

Tristan Wheeler

Community bands together to petition Target closure

Manjimup economy could suffer from Target Country closure.

Shire of Manjimup libraries reopen

New changes comply with COVID-19 restrictions.

Pizza delivery driver escapes serious injury

(Un)lucky driver has car skewered by tree branch.

Times LifeQuinninup man love’s labour for music

Tom makes life work from music and gives back to the environment.

Tari Jeffers

$30K LOSSPembi avocado and berry farmers lose $30K worth

The storm on May 5, which recorded winds of about 80km/h, was strong enough to tear avocado trees from the ground.

Tari Jeffers

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ExclusiveSt John using baby monitors to spy on ambos at work

WA paramedics say they are shocked to discover St John Ambulance is secretly monitoring them at work, with some finding listening devices hidden in mattresses in their rest areas.

Ben Harvey

Taken too soonDad’s heartbreak: Best friends killed in crash revealed

Family members have paid tribute to two Perth women killed in a horror crash on Friday, one a newlywed and the other a talented physiotherapist — friends whose futures were destroyed in an instant.

Bethany Hiatt and Danella Bevis

Regional News

Money down the drainHealth fears see Pilbara pool replaced with barbecue

A regional WA council is filling in its renovated dive pool, which was only open for five days before being shut over serious health fears.

Sam Jones

New allegationsMore sex charges for SW vet manager

A South West man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and committing indecent acts has been charged with a further nine offences after four more alleged victims came forward to police.

Sarah Steger

Devastating‘They loved each other so much’: Parents’ heartache

The parents of two young children killed in a horror crash near Geraldton yesterday said the step siblings ‘were happy, arguing brother and sister’ and had become inseparable.

Daryna Zadvirna

Court win for farmers stung by 2011 live export ban

The class action has been before the courts for six years after the Gillard government shut down the live export trade in 2011, hurting cattle producers across northern Australia.

Goldfields smokers nearly double national average

Published by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University, the report highlighted a wealth/poverty divide in smoking rates across the country.

Kalgoorlie man claims passive smoke led to weed high

Driving under the influence of cannabis is not new for Stidworthy, who faced the same charges in 2016 and 2017, and receiving a suspended prison sentence in 2018 for moving almost 850g of cannabis

WA News

Horror road toll risesWoman killed in SW crash near Bunbury

WA’s deadly run on the roads has continued with a female driver killed today in a collision in the South West.

Rourke Walsh

Shock arrestsAboriginal Legal Service lawyers charged by police

A pair of lawyers who work together in Broome were today arrested for alleged unlawful conduct relating to a number of court cases in the Kimberley.

Jakeb Waddell and Carly Laden

WA man shocked after swallowing glass in pub drink

A West Australian couple making the most of pubs reopening in the State has been shocked to find glass rather than ice in their drink - as the country pub points the finger.

Marsh impressed with how fit WA squad has returned

While the once-in-a-decade storm prevented him from knocking off his personal-best 2km time, the 28-year-old’s fitness was evident.

WA’s highest paid public servant resigns

Racing and Wagering WA chief executive Richard Burt has resigned from his job as the State’s highest-paid government employee.

NMHS scandal‘He had a choice’: Health corruption builder jailed

The corrupt builder who renovated the luxurious home of former health executive John Fullerton, billing the taxpayer for that work and taking kickbacks for himself, has been jailed.

Tim Clarke