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Police are investigating after the body of a person was found on the side of Goldfields Highway in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Friday.

Regional WACommentsPremiumBody found on side of major WA highway

Emergency services were on scene, with police seen searching bushland.

Neil Watkinson

Crystal Johnston, 24, had been missing in the northern Goldfields for a week.

Regional WAYoung woman missing for a week found safe on station

The 24-year-old had become separated from the car she was a passenger in after it stopped on Goldfields Highway.

Neil Watkinson

WA’s State Barrier Fence.

Fence ‘frustrations’PremiumFence extension frustrations aired in Parliament

Esperance farmers are becoming “increasingly frustrated” at continued delays to the completion of the region’s extension of the State Barrier Fence, Member for Roe Peter Rundle says.

Tegan Guthrie

Western Power’s map showing the outage on June 11.

Power woePremiumThousands plunged into darkness by latest power outage

About 16,000 homes and businesses in the Goldfields were without power on Thursday because of a fault along the 220kV line which feeds the region.

Tegan Guthrie

Mines Rovers’ Kyde Stubbs.

FootballPremiumWillis, Stubbs dominate for Mines Rovers

Mines Rover are a game clear of Boulder on the reserves ladder.

Neale Harvey

YMHC’s Quinlan Bairstow.

HockeyPremiumYMHC outclass junior rivals

Quinlan Bairstow was best afield in the boys’ J9-12 clash.

Neale Harvey

Rookies’ Brooklen Dowson reaches for the netball ahead of Steelers’ Breanna Taylor during their Eastern Goldfields Netball Association division one match on May 8.

NetballPremiumArm-wrestle ensues for top-two spots in division one

Sonix 1 and Steelers 1 lead the Eastern Goldfields Netball Association’s division one competition with three wins.

Neale Harvey

Kalgoorlie’s Bailey Norris during his team’s Goldfields Football League match against Mines Rovers at Sir Richard Moore Oval on May 16.

FootballPremiumLocal stars in line for final selections

GFL has four players named across two WA Country squads.

Neale Harvey

Underground activity at Westgold Resources’ Beta Hunt gold mine near Kambalda.

Mining servicesPremiumSodexo wins $100m village services contract with Westgold

A renewed five-year, five-village agreement will see Sodexo expand its delivery of integrated village services for Westgold Resources sites in the Goldfields and Murchison.

Neil Watkinson

Nimy Resources managing director Luke Hampson and Curtin University executive director commercialisation Rohan McDougall.

Critical mineralsPremiumWASM researcher to lead gallium research project

A WA School of Mines researcher will lead a two-year project into processing of the in-demand critical mineral gallium, which is crucial to the world’s high-tech and defence industries.

Neil Watkinson

Lucy Piparo, 8, Savhana Hutchison, 8, Georgia Turner, 8, Bentley Ayers, 8, Sean Mainga, 7, with firefighters Jonathan Ball, Johnathon Bates, and Shaun Bryant.

First respondersPremiumHannans Primary School thanks responders who keep them safe

Students ditched school uniforms and dressed up as firefighters, doctors, nurses, paramedics and police officers as Hannans Primary School celebrated Thank a First Responder Day on Wednesday.

Isabella Davis

Western Power’s map showing the outage on June 11.

Regional WAThousands in dark as power outage sweeps Goldfields

A Western Power spokesperson said the cause was being investigated and once identified.

Tegan Guthrie

A 71-year-old man has died after a crash in Esperance.

Fatal crashPremiumMan, 71, dies after crash in Esperance

A 71-year-old man has died after his vehicle collided with a tree in the Esperance suburb of Windabout on Wednesday.

Neil Watkinson

Brian Charles Parfitt is seen on the front of an ambulance in Boulder.

Courts & Justice PremiumSentencing delayed for man’s naked ambulance rampage

The naked man who thrust his penis into the pavement before scaling an ambulance and repeatedly smashing his head and body through the windscreen last year will have to wait two more months to learn his fate

Tegan Guthrie

John Leach, Brody Conroy, Jason Dimer and Woody McGrath.

Eight ballPremiumOld-stagers prove too good in local finale

The experienced combination of Jason Dimer and Woody McGrath won the mixed scotch doubles.

Neale Harvey

GFL’s colts team for this weekend’s carnival in Lake Grace.

FootballPremiumHigh hopes for local colts this weekend in Lake Grace

GFL hope to improve on last year’s equal fifth placing.

Neale Harvey

Goldfields African Community committee members Peter Imohi, Brenda Wanjiku, Rose Mbeyela, Banat Mwenyanu and Olivier Ndayitegeye

Africa DayPremiumRescheduled Africa Day will take place later this month

Africa’s vibrant culture will be on display in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this month as the community celebrates Africa Day

Isabella Davis

CBC’s Kirst Smith during her team’s Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association women’s A1 match against Mines on Saturday.

HockeyPremiumCBC grab competition-best fourth win

CBC are narrowly leading the Eastern Goldfields Hockey Association women’s A1 standings.

Neale Harvey

Alastair Ishigami-Sims will be the head coach of the Goldfields Giants for the remainder of the NBL1 West season.

BasketballPremiumIshigami-Sims to lead Giants for remainder of the season

Lennon Smartt has handed over the Goldfields Giants head coaching role to Alastair Ishigami-Sims.

Neale Harvey

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts & Justice PremiumFisherman seeks strict bail over package containing meth

An Esperance fisherman who collected a “suspicious” package from Australia Post which contained more than 50g of meth before police swapped it out for a decoy is seeking home detention bail. 

Tegan Guthrie and Isabella Davis

An autonomous ore haulage truck at Norton Gold Fields’ Golden Cities operation north of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

driverless trucksPremiumAutonomous haulage drives Golden Cities mine site forward

Norton Gold Fields says it has successfully integrated driverless ore haulage trucks into its Golden Cities operation north of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Neil Watkinson

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan faces court over 2023 Esperance beach rape

A 29-year-old man accused of raping a female backpacker at an Esperance beach carpark more than two years ago has appeared in court.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & justicePremiumYoung man handed immediate jail after Boulder police chase

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to six months jail after “extraordinarily serious” reckless driving to escape a police chase in South Boulder.

Isabella Davis

Hamersley Inlet Reserve.

Tourism parkPremiumWander endorsed for tourism park proposal at Hamersley Inlet

A preferred proponent has been selected for a small-scale nature-based tourism park proposal near Fitzgerald River National Park.

Tegan Guthrie