Young man charged over Kalgoorlie Boulder alleged murder

Young man charged over Kalgoorlie Boulder alleged murder

The 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder on November 17 and will appear in court on Sunday.

  • byHolly Thompson

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‘I couldn’t believe it’:Twenty Kalgoorlie locals bag $53 million Powerball
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‘I couldn’t believe it’:Twenty Kalgoorlie locals bag $53 million Powerball

The winning WA ticket was sold to a syndicate of 20 plant operators in a town built for gold,who each decided to put in $100 as a spur-of-the-moment bid to win.

  • byDaile Cross andHolly Thompson
WA man charged over string of sexual assaults during home invasions
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WA man charged over string of sexual assaults during home invasions

Goldfields superintendent Steve Thompson said the perpetrator forced entry to three homes during the two-hour rampage between 1am and 3am on Monday.

  • byHeather McNeill
Climate,inflation hang over Diggers and Dealers forum

Climate,inflation hang over Diggers and Dealers forum

Follow the money,and not the response to the climate and energy crisis,the business audience heard on day one.

  • byMarion Rae
BHP signs up WA wind farm for greener nickel

BHP signs up WA wind farm for greener nickel

BHP has bought the entire output of the first wind farm in WA’s South West farmlands to cut emissions from processing nickel for electric vehicle batteries.

  • byPeter Milne
‘Life-changing for us’:$63 million Powerball rolls into Kalgoorlie
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‘Life-changing for us’:$63 million Powerball rolls into Kalgoorlie

It’s a new kind of gold rush in the West Australian town after a “pay off your mortgage” syndicate of 250 locals won hundreds of thousands each on Thursday.

  • byHolly Thompson
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Teen COVID breacher fined for speeding through WA checkpoint to see terminally ill mum

Teen COVID breacher fined for speeding through WA checkpoint to see terminally ill mum

The court heard that the learner driver - understood to be the first child charged under WA’s emergency COVID laws - was desperately trying to come home to Perth to see his mother who had been diagnosed with cancer.

  • byLauren Pilat
WA jockey in induced coma after horror fall during Kalgoorlie race

WA jockey in induced coma after horror fall during Kalgoorlie race

Apprentice jockey Hannah Fitzgerald is in an induced coma at Royal Perth Hospital after coming off her horse just after finishing the race.

  • byAja Styles
Kalgoorlie Prospector passengers caught up in COVID scare on eve of Cup

Kalgoorlie Prospector passengers caught up in COVID scare on eve of Cup

More than 200 passengers were asked to put on masks and remain in their seats after it was discovered a woman who had arrived from Victoria two days earlier was on board.

  • byHeather McNeill
Truck driver who passed through NSW into WA arrested and charged over mask breach

Truck driver who passed through NSW into WA arrested and charged over mask breach

A 34-year-old truck driver who recently travelled through New South Wales and into Western Australia has been charged over alleged breaches of emergency laws put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
The Golden Pipeline,WA (Kalgoorlie to Mundaring):How one pipe changed Australian history

The Golden Pipeline,WA (Kalgoorlie to Mundaring):How one pipe changed Australian history

When gold was found in the 1890s,Kalgoorlie quickly morphed into a boom town. But it had one major problem.

  • byDavid Whitley