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Curtin Kalgoorlie campus director Tanya Chambers and operations manager Martina Humphreys are excited to launch the new KICK program.

KICK programPremiumPrimary students to graduate university through KICK program

Local primary school students have the chance to graduate from Curtin University through a new community engagement program encouraging kids to explore local activities and try new things.

Tegan Guthrie

The Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & justicePremiumBail relaxed for rape and surveillance-accused mine worker

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder mining engineer accused of rape and optical surveillance has had home detention and electronic monitoring conditions removed from his bail.

Isabella Davis

Giants’ men’s head coach Alistair Ishigami-Sims during his team’s NBL1 West match against Warwick Senators on Saturday.

BasketballPremiumFormer head coach in harsh self-appraisal

Giants’ men beat the Senators last weekend to finish 12th in the 2026 NBL1 West competition.

Neale Harvey

Giants’ Lexi Pana during her team’s NBL1 West match against Warwick Senators on Saturday.

BasketballPremiumLocal team to play historic maiden final against Lakeside

Giants’ women are gearing-up for this Saturday’s first-ever NBL1 West play-offs appearance on their home court.

Neale Harvey

Australian Vanadium chief executive Graham Arvidson.

Energy transitionPremiumAustralian Vanadium submits $150m battery plan

Australian Vanadium says it has submitted a formal proposal to build the State Government’s $150 million vanadium battery energy storage project in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Neil Watkinson

The Takeovers Panel has become involved in Forrestania Resources’ off-market bid for Southern Cross-focused gold explorer Zenith Minerals.

Takeover turbulencePremiumTakeovers Panel accepts Forrestania’s Zenith bid undertaking

The Takeovers Panel has accepted an undertaking from Forrestania Resources regarding its off-market bid for WA gold explorer Zenith Minerals, which a Zenith shareholder alleges is “misleading and deceptive”.

Neil Watkinson

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman jailed for stealing $413K from local real estate firm

A mother who stole more than $400,000 from her former real estate agency across 20 months because she was “drowning” in bills and debt has been jailed.

Tegan Guthrie

Norah Marnell, 6, and Neve Paul, 6, at the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Urban Landcare Group’s Tree Planting Day on Sunday.

Tree plantingPremiumCommunity tooled up for Tree Planting Day

Nearly 3000 seedlings were given homes in Kalgoorlie-Boulder earth on Sunday as the community celebrated Tree Planting Day. 

Isabella Davis

Mines Rovers' Sam Stubbs.

FootballPremiumStubbs with handy lead for Dick Robinson Medal

Mines Rovers assumed second spot on the Goldfields Football League ladder after trouncing Kambalda.

Neale Harvey

Boulder’s Jake George celebrates kicking a goal during his team’s Goldfields Football League match against Railways at Sir Richard Moore Oval on Saturday.

FootballPremiumBoulder surge two games clear on GFL ladder

Boulder lead the GFL standings by two games and percentage after holding off a gallant Railways on Saturday.

Neale Harvey

Peter Fitchat has resigned as Shire of Dundas chief executive.

Local governmentPremiumShire of Dundas chief executive resigns

Peter Fitchat has resigned as Shire of Dundas chief executive to take up the leadership role at the Shire of Cranbrook in the Great Southern.

Neil Watkinson

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Regional WAPremiumTeen avoids jail for ‘horrendous’ domestic violence

An 18-year-old has narrowly avoided jail for ‘horrendous’ and ‘deeply disturbing’ domestic violence which saw him stab his partner in the chin and beat her with a metal broom. 

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan found with 3-D printer and homemade firearm parts

A man caught with a 3-D printer, instructions on how to manufacture weapons, and pipes modified as firearm parts told police he had the items to make a fountain and “bang in some dirt” at land he was buying.

Tegan Guthrie

Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association’s junior contingent.

HockeyPremiumEGHA sides each make grand finals in Perth

Local teams qualified for the grand finals in every division.

Neale Harvey

The Echoes of the South Coast exhibition will open on July 30.

Art exhibitionPremiumEsperance exhibition will show contemporary Aboriginal art

Diverse voices in contemporary Aboriginal art will be on display in a new exhibition at Esperance’s Cannery Arts Centre, through two artists who employ different creative practices. 

Isabella Davis

Billie Andrews, second from left, was honoured with a ceremony led by St John WA group chief executive Kevin Brown, chief emergency officer Wil White, and rural and remote ambulance operations general manager Karen Stewart.

Serving othersPremiumEsperance St John volunteer honoured for 55 years service

Esperance’s Billie Andrews has spent more than half a century serving her community as a St John WA volunteer.

Isabella Davis

Goldfields Soccer Association’s boys’ under-16 team.

SoccerPremiumCoach lauds players’ application in Canberra

Goldfields Soccer Association under-16 team gain valuable experience in Canberra.

Neale Harvey

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder council held a confidential meeting on Wednesday in relation to the city CEO position.

Confidential decision PremiumCity tight-lipped on confidential ‘CEO matter’

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder council on Wednesday considered a confidential “CEO matter” relating to termination of employment or a review of performance, but remains tight-lipped on what decisions were made.

Tegan Guthrie

Former West Perth great Joe Fanchi, pictured in 2002, was nicknamed Golden Boot back in the 1960s.

FootballPremiumLeague celebrating major milestone on July 29

The Goldfields Football League is turning 130.

Neale Harvey

Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayor Glenn Wilson.

Water BankPremiumCity to wait longer for Federal funds for water bank

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder must wait until the next Federal Budget to apply for funding under a new stream for its water bank project, after the last fund was absorbed by another project. 

Tegan Guthrie

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder council has voted to waive the development application fee for a transitional and crisis accommodation facility.

Crisis accommodationPremiumCity waives application fee for $13m accommodation proposal

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder will waive its development application fee for a Salvation Army proposal to build a more than $13 million transitional and crisis accommodation facility near the Kalgoorlie CBD.

Tegan Guthrie

Somerville resident Tori O’Connor and her young family live in one of 26 homes who on Friday had been without power since Wednesday night.

Power outagePremiumHouses without power for two nights on Somerville street

An unplanned power outage sparked by a cable fault has left residents on Somerville’s Gouge Street in the cold and dark for two nights.

Isabella Davis

Giants’ Jemma Gatti during her team’s NBL1 West match against Eastern Suns on May 23.

BasketballPremiumGiants hope to stitch up top-six spot in finale

Giants’ women are sixth, with one qualifying game left.

Neale Harvey

Seafloor sediments collected as part of the Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation ancient coastlines project.

Ancient coastlinesPremiumSand will tell story of ancient Esperance coastline

Samples of sand taken from across the Esperance archipelago will explain how the region’s pristine coastline has shifted over thousands of years.

Isabella Davis