Kimberley drivers are paying up to 60¢ more at the bowser for unleaded petrol than motorists in central Perth, data shows.
Phoebe Solon
The 2026 Recfishwest Apex Kununurra Barra Bash has wrapped up after another huge weekend on the water, with more than 1,350 entries taking part from Thursday, September 24 to Sunday, September 27.
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake has been recorded about 77km south of Kununurra in the East Kimberley.
Visitors to Garaan-ngaddim (Horizontal Falls) have spent this tourism season hearing directly from Dambimangari Traditional Owners about the Country they are visiting.
Derby’s men’s senior soccer team has cause for celebration after recording its first-ever win as a club with a 4–1 victory over Fitzroy Crossing Social Soccer on Sunday, September 20.
Magabala Books will receive $50,000 to strengthen business development and expand national and international market opportunities for Kimberley First Nations authors and creators
Kununurra’s long-awaited public swimming pool has reopened, with the Kimberley’s first 50m public pool now available to the community.
Aboriginal artists and art centre workers from across WA have gathered in Kununurra for a four-day forum focused on the future of the sector.
Plans are under way to eradicate invasive Pacific rats from Adele Island, a remote nature reserve off the north-west Kimberley coast, to protect vital breeding habitats for vulnerable boobies and frigatebirds.
Young insurance brokers travelled to Fitzroy Crossing to volunteer at the Central Kimberley Football League grand final, as professional development and delivering $25,000 to local sporting community
The Kimberley has recorded a drowning rate of 4.17 deaths per 100,000 people, placing the region among the highest-risk areas in Australia.
Joshua Dowdall
The Muludja Lions have been crowned 2026 Central Kimberley Football and Basketball League men’s premiers after defeating the Noonkanbah Blues in Saturday’s grand final.
Kimberley animal lovers are being encouraged to dress up, put on their dancing shoes and help raise vital funds for animals and wildlife at KANE Inc’s inaugural FurBall
A new children’s book by Djukun woman and language specialist Jaala Ozies is encouraging Kimberley children to talk about their feelings, while helping preserve an endangered language.
Kununurra doctor Alice Fitzgerald has been recognised as Western Australia’s Rural Generalist of the Year for her nine years of service across the East Kimberley.
A 34-year-old man has been charged after police allegedly seized alcohol worth about $21,000 in Fitzroy Crossing.
Halls Creek police have seized a significant quantity of alcohol and a firearm during an ongoing operation targeting the illegal supply and sale of black market alcohol.
Laura Newell and Phoebe Solon
Broome claims soccer’s inaugural West Kimberley Cup, run by Football West, finishing unbeaten against senior men’s teams from Derby and Fitzroy Crossing at Cable Beach Primary School.
Bardi Jawi author Edith Wright is confronting the painful legacy of the Kimberley pearling industry in her new book, The Burden and the Blessing, released September 8 by Magabala Books.
Local youth are taking centre stage as the Sandfly Circus presents its latest production, When You’re Older…, at the Broome Recreation and Aquatic Centre next month.
Cain Andrews
Zulaybar Cafe is set to transform the Old Broome Lock Up into a new food venue and plans to open later this year.
The Shire of Broome council has voted to make new dog exercise areas in Broome permanent following a one-year trial.
Broome’s overall liveability score has risen to 68, up three points from 2024 and five points above the Northern Australia local government average, according to the shire’s latest community scorecard.
Kununurra Cup day delivered a thrilling finish to its feature with Vevinsky edging out Leveraged Buyout
