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Broome Boxing Club is preparing for Its upcoming Red Dirt Rumble on December 6. (Pictured: Broome boxers Ash Schaffer, Solei Arnott Barker and Baden Trunfio.)

Fight Night returns ‘Red Dirt Rumble’ returns after three-year hiatus

Broome biggest night of boxing has returned after more than three years with the Red Dirt Rumble set for December 6, when boxers across the Kimberley and the State go toe-to-toe in the ring. 

Cain Andrews

Department of Fire and Emergency Volunteer Employer Recognition Award winners at Perth’s ANZAC Club on November 7.

VERA AwardsFive Kimberley businesses win VERA awards

Five Kimberley businesses have walked away from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services Volunteer Employer Recognition Awards with wins, showcasing the regions community spirit.

Cain Andrews

Testing for sexually transmitted infections is free and confidential in WA.

STI ALERTKimberley advert blitz as sexually transmitted disease rises

Health authorities across WA are stepping up their fight against the potentially fatal sexually transmitted disease syphilis amid a rise in cases in the Kimberley this year.

Paul Barry

There will be no Remembrance Day service in Kununurra or Wyndham this year, with the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley citing the absence of a local RSL and staffing capacity for the lack of a November 11 commemoration. 

Remembrance DayPremiumKununurra forgoes Remembrance Day service

There will be no Remembrance Day service in Kununurra or Wyndham this year, with the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley citing the absence of a local RSL and staffing capacity for the move.

Cain Andrews

Derby Police have recorded reductions in property related crime during the 2025 tourism season, following a targeted operation focusing on caravan parks and short-stay accommodation

WA News Reduced crime in Derby’s tourist hotspots

Derby police have recorded reductions in property-related crime during the 2025 tourism season, following a targeted operation focusing on caravan parks and short-stay accommodation.

Phoebe Solon

Road Trauma Support WA, Recovery Support Lead Alyson Elari and the Broome DFES team

WA News Road Trauma Support WA offering free services and support

Road Trauma Support WA recovery support lead Alyson Elari travelled to Broome to raise awareness of the free support services available to anyone affected by serious crashes

Phoebe Solon

KHPN co-ordinator Sara Hennessy with Kimberley Health Professionals celebrating the milestone.

Health PremiumWA Health Professionals Networks mark major milestone

Some 855 health workers have joined the Kimberley Health Professionals Network as the initiative surpasses 5000 members across WA. 

Cain Andrews

Operational infrastructure at Kalyeeda included purpose-built steel sheds for machinery and hay storage and stables, and an abundance of accommodation options for staff and managers in the 1.8-hectare homestead complex.

Sold!PremiumKalyeeda Station snapped up by Emanuel family

One of the Kimberley’s most iconic pastoral properties has been snapped up after less than 18 months on the market.

Georgia Campion

Taste of the Kimberley event 2025

WA news PremiumKimberley community initiatives given cash boost

More than half a million dollars has been gifted to community organisations and events across regional and remote WA. 

Laura Newell

The Yeeda Pastoral Company abattoir between Broome and Derby.

Station SaleCommentsPremiumFinal deal on Yeeda opens door to abattoir reopening

The lights are on at northern WA’s only abattoir, with pastoralists optimistic of a reopening next year after its $55 million sale to a Canadian-backed company was finalised after months of delay. 

Georgia Campion

A man has died and five others, including two kids, have been critically injured in a car crash.

Car crash PremiumLake Argyle car crash: One dead and five critically injured

A man has died and five others, including two children, have been critically injured after a car crash near Lake Argyle. 

Cain Andrews

A man has died and five others — including two children — have been seriously injured after a horror crash near Lake Argyle on Monday night.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumOne dead, several badly hurt in horror Kununurra crash

A man has died and five others — including two children — have been seriously injured after a horror crash near Kununurra in the Kimberley.

Caitlin Vinci

East Kimberley basketballers battle it out on the Kununurra courts.

Basketball PremiumBulls buck FILO to claim top place in standings

The Bulls have ascended to the top of the Kununurra basketball association’s semester two senior outdoor basketball competition standings after recording a huge victory over FILO. 

Cain Andrews

Remembrance Day services will be held throughout the region on November 11.

WA News PremiumRemembrance Day services to be held in Broome and Derby

Derby Remembrance Day Service on Tuesday November 11th at the Derby Civic Centre to honour those who have served

Laura Newell and Phoebe Solon

The fully refreshed Derby council meets on October 30, 2025.

WA news PremiumNew Derby council makes its first decisions

The meeting of the new nine-person team comes as Jeff Gooding who had been acting as commissioner for the authority since April farewelled the shire.

Laura Newell

More than 100 feral donkeys have been ordered to be culled at Kachana Station in the Kimberley.

Feral DonkeysPremiumSAT orders feral donkey cull at East Kimberley station

The owners of a remote Kimberley station have been ordered to cull more than 100 donkeys after the State Administrative Tribunal upheld a State Government control notice.

Georgia Campion

Great Northern Highway winding through Munjina East Gorge, View from Albert Tognolini Rest Area, Juna Downs, WA

WA News PremiumCelebrated Kimberley engineer dies aged 98

Albert Togonlini AM, the first Main Roads district engineer in the Kimberley and architect of Western Australia’s pioneering beef cattle roads, has died aged 98

Phoebe Solon

Westpac and AgriFutures with 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women's Award Runner Up and Winner

WA News PremiumWA’s Isabella Thrupp named runner up in national award

Kimberley pastoralist Isabella Thrupp has been named national runner-up at this year’s AgriFutures Rural Women’s Awards for her project Prinking in Pindan.

Phoebe Solon

East Kimberley basketballers battle it out in Kununurra.

Basketball PremiumKununurra basketball competition reaches halfway point

It was another competitive round of action at the Kununurra basketball courts on October 21 as the Kununurra Basketball Association’s semester two competition reached the halfway point before finals. 

Cain Andrews

2024 Power Trip winners outside Parliament House in Canberra

WA News PremiumCountry to Canberra competition winners announced

Kununurra resident Jessica John, 16, has been selected to represent Western Australia at the prestigious Country to Canberra Power Trip, a national youth leadership event taking place in November.

Phoebe Solon

Newly-elected Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley councillors Mat Dear, Beau Robinson, Scott Timms, Clare Cane, Keda Bond, Sally Martin, Tony Chafer, Vina Goulden and shire president David Menzel.

local elections PremiumEast Kimberley shires record low voter turnout

Local government’s across the Kimberley have recorded a low voter turnout this election with the Shire of Halls Creek having one of the lowest in WA.

Cain Andrews

Karunjie Homestead Visioning Plan by Wiliggan Aboriginal Corporation, MudMap Studio and Our Common Place honoured with a Landscape Architecture Award for Land Management.

WA News PremiumKarunjie Homestead Visioning Plan wins national recognition

Wiliggin Aboriginal Corporation, with support from MudMap Studio and Our Common Place awarded at Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) Awards

Phoebe Solon

All That Country Holds curated by Zali Morgan at the Australian Embassy in Washington DC

WA News PremiumAboriginal art exhibition opens in Washington DC

A major new exhibition of Aboriginal artwork from the Kimberley opened at the Australian embassy in Washington DC

Phoebe Solon

RSPCA WA Inspector

WA News RSPCA calls Kimberley locals to report animal abuse

RSPCA WA inspectors visit Kimberley and urge for locals to report animal welfare concerns

Phoebe Solon