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Staff reporters
One started the season with a dominant win thanks to a swashbuckling ton, while the other very nearly slipped up on a banana peel double-figure target.
Jackson Barrett
All six BDCA women’s captains spoke with Jackson Barrett ahead of the season’s opening round.
Leading up to the local government elections, the Nannup Shire has a mixed bag with one contested seat, three candidates elected unopposed and one chair left vacant on the council.
Ben Loughran
Police are using state-of-the-art technology in Deep River near Fernhook Falls as the search for a missing boy continues in north Walpole.
Brianna Dugan and Daryna Zadvirna
A Boyup Brook woman is set to represent Western Australia at the upcoming clay target shooting nationals after picking up the sport just four years ago.
Josh Sunderland
The Warren Blackwood Cricket Association’s 2021-22 season is nearly upon us with just over two weeks until the senior grade starts.
The Lower South West’s hockey flag was flown high as two teams represented the Warren region at the Busselton Masters Hockey Carnival at the weekend.
Organisers of the Manjimup Cherry Harmony Festival celebrated the iconic event’s 20th anniversary with a special launch party at the weekend.
South West music lovers got “up close and classical” with a night of live music at the Bridgetown Repertory Theatre at the weekend.
A handful of locals have put the call out to start a youth-driven action group to support at-risk youth in the Manjimup and Southern Forests area.
The face of tourism in Manjimup has been recognised as a finalist in multiple categories of the 2021 Perth Airport WA Tourism Awards.
The Lower South West will saddle up for the return of a massive spring rodeo at the end of the month.
Manjimup will host a blast from the past next week as some of Western Australia’s oldest motorcycles roll into town.
Greenbushes Community Resource Centre has received a $2000 grant to work to improve mental health and wellbeing in the town.
After more than a quarter of a century in local government, Manjimup Shire councillor David Tapley has decided to step away and retire from the world of politics.
Boyup Brook residents will have the chance to unwind and connect with their community at a festival in town this weekend.
One of Nannup’s new and improved mountain bike trails is on track to open at the end of this month.
Read up on this week’s top stories and more in the latest edition of the Manjimup-Bridgetown Times.
Staff Reporters
A Manjimup man who tried to break into his ex-partner’s home then attempted to ring her days later has been warned he could be jailed if he continued to breach violence restraining orders against him.
Hopes of finding a missing boy alive at Fernhook Falls near Walpole are fading, with authorities confirming that clothes belonging to the eight-year-old had been found.
Brianna Dugan
The family of an eight-year-old boy lost deep in WA’s south west are ‘grieving’ after police tragically called off their large-scale land search.
Michael Traill & Ben Loughran
Police involved in the desperate search for an eight-year-old boy who went missing on a family camping trip north of Walpole on Sunday have revealed no one actually saw the child enter the water.
Sarah Steger
Elderly people across the South West are set to receive much needed support for abuse and ageing-related issues.
Luke McPherson
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