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Rotary Club of Boulder’s 2025 online radio auction.

Rotary auction PremiumRotary Club of Boulder seeks local support for auction

This year will mark 41 editions of the Rotary Club of Boulder’s online radio auction. 

Toby Cann

Kalgoorlie’s Bryce Fiorentino and Aaron Pacey, and Boulder’s Jake Nuich and Paul Bratton seek the ball during their Goldfields Football League match at Digger Daws Oval on June 27.

FootballPremiumKalgoorlie to field young team against GFL leaders

Kalgoorlie face a tough assignment on Saturday against Boulder, who boast 11 wins.

Neale Harvey

Narelle Bernhardt with fellow Kalgoorlie Amateur Swimming Club life member Bill McKenzie.

SwimmingPremiumStar-studded program framed for anniversary

Life members to gather for milestone.

Neale Harvey

Esperance rates will rise by six per cent after councillors adopted the budget for this financial year.

Esperance budgetPremiumEsperance rates to rise 6 per cent in 2026-27

Esperance rates will rise by 6 per cent after councillors adopted the budget for this financial year.

Isabella Davis

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts & JusticePremium‘I could easily kill you right now’

A declared high-risk serious offender who choked his daughter while telling her how “easily” he could kill her has been jailed.

Tegan Guthrie

Six football teams united last weekend for charity.

FootballPremiumAnnual carnival fundraiser generates $55,000 for charity

Great result for annual fundraiser.

Neale Harvey

Former Eastern Goldfields and Australian cricketer Ryan Campbell.

CricketPremiumFormer EGCA star signed as marquee player

Ryan Campbell will play for the Sandgropers at the inaugural Spirit of Cricket in October.

Neale Harvey

Eastern Goldfields Little Athletics Centre’s Tyler Adams.

AthleticsPremiumLocal athletes flying the flag abroad

Goldfields athletes are making waves at State, national and international levels.

Neale Harvey

The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking the public’s help identifying the person in this photo, believed to have been taken by Jeff McKenzie at the 1980 Kalgoorlie-Boulder Fair.

History mystery Can you help the historical society name this person?

The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking the public’s help identifying the person in this photo. 

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts & Justice PremiumBail hopes dashed for robbery accused

A man accused of robbing a man with a significant mental disability as he walked home has had his hopes of bail dashed.

Tegan Guthrie

A Ravensthorpe single mother has been jailed after offering to sell drugs.

Courts & justicePremiumSingle mum jailed after drug offers to support family

A single mother from the Esperance area has been jailed after offering to sell drugs to “support her habit and . . . support her family.”

Isabella Davis

RSPCA WA has expressed concern for animals used in calf roping and rodeo bucking events.

Welfare concernsPremiumRSPCA flags animal welfare concerns for Coolgardie rodeo

RSPCA WA has flagged serious welfare concerns for animals being used in rodeo calf-roping and bucking events at this month’s Coolgardie Outback Festival.

Tegan Guthrie

The Shire of Dundas council “strongly objects” to the granting of crown land leases for the proposed Western Green Energy Hub near Eucla.

Energy and planningPremiumShire of Dundas opposes huge renewable energy project

The Shire of Dundas council “strongly objects” to the granting of crown land leases in their current form for a huge proposed green energy project on the Nullarbor.

Rosa Griffith

Kalgoorlie-Boulder hockey player Wade Wood helped Australia to a gold medal at the 2026 World Masters Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium.

HockeyPremiumLocal hockey player wins gold for Australia

A local hockey player has helped Australia to a gold medal at the 2026 World Masters Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Rosa Griffith

Axle Dehne is all smiles in the swimming pool.

Student fundraiser PremiumStudent swimming 100km to raise funds for Year 6 camp

Kalgoorlie Primary School’s head boy has proven his swimming skill by competing in a State-level competition and now he is using it to raise funds for his Year 6 school camp. 

Toby Cann

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumJail for police pursuit after stealing friend’s car

A man who stole a friend’s car because they owed him money led police on a dangerous 16-minute pursuit which ended when he reversed into a police car, a Kalgoorlie court has been told.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie scouts Talia Jackson, 9, Ben Dann, 8, Peter Reimers, 6, Abby Reimers, 6, and Olivia Dann, 10, with volunteer leader Leigh Jackson (back) are collecting containers to raise money for hall repairs.

Local youthPremiumEmpty bottles and cans can help Kalgoorlie scouts

Locals can collect empty bottles and cans and donate them to the Kalgoorlie Scout Group, which will use the 10¢ Containers for Change initiative to raise money to repair their hall.

Isabella Davis

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumMan threatens to ‘blow up’ Centrelink office while high

Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Centrelink service was plunged into lockdown after a man with ‘significant’ mental health issues told an employee he would ‘blow it up’, a Kalgoorlie court has been told.

Tegan Guthrie

Boulder’s Lewis Johns.

FootballPremiumBoulder chalks up percentage-boosting win

Boulder leads the GFL reserves table by percentage over Mines Rovers.

Neale Harvey

Norths’ Catherine Roberts and CBC’s Kathryn Lumsden.

HockeyPremiumDuo combine for four goals in 6-4 win

CBC had four goalscorers in a two-goal win.

Neale Harvey

Steelers’ Alyssa Keeley during her team’s Eastern Goldfields Netball Association match against Rookies last Friday.

NetballPremiumTight finish to qualifying series looms

Sonix 1 and Rookies 1 are within striking distance of top spot in the Eastern Goldfields Netball Association’s division one competition.

Neale Harvey

Goldfields Giants women’s head coach Jaymi Worthington.

BasketballPremiumGiants taking on division powerhouse in semifinal

Giants’ women battle East Perth on Friday night.

Neale Harvey

Graham Thomson with his wife Nita and family members after the Walk of Fame plaque unveiling on Hannan Street on Wednesday.

Deserved rewardPremiumDedicated Thomson inducted into Walk of Fame

Graham Selkirk Thomson’s life of devotion to Kalgoorlie-Boulder has been recognised with his induction into the city’s Walk of Fame.

Neil Watkinson & Rosa Griffith

The WA PGA Championship will continue its stay in Kalgoorlie-Boulder until 2031

Golf eventPremiumKalgoorlie-Boulder renews host status for WA PGA tournament

Kalgoorlie-Boulder council has unanimously agreed to the conditions of a new contract that means it will host the WA PGA Championship tournament at Kalgoorlie Golf Course until 2031.

Toby Cann