Saturday, May 25th, 2013

Goldfields News

Time to put your best foot forward

Children and their parents are encouraged to break away from their normal means of travel tomorrow for the 14th annual Walk Safely to School Day.
May 23, 2013, 9:55 am
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Project funding boost

The Esperance Waterfront project has received a boost in funding after a successful application for a Federal government program.
May 24, 2013, 9:17 am
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Youth learn to LEAD the way

The annual City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder youth leadership program kicks off tomorrow at the Kalgoorlie Town Hall.
May 24, 2013, 9:15 am
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MP stands by pay rise criticism

Eyre MP Dr Graham Jacobs said he has had no backlash from his criticism of pay rises to State Government staffers at a time when Budget cuts are being sought.
May 24, 2013, 9:07 am
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Labor loses office

The sole Labor upper house MP for the Mining and Pastoral electoral region has decided to locate his electoral office in South Hedland.
May 24, 2013, 9:04 am
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Drought broken with Division 1 win

One Boulder newsagent has broken her own personal 20-year lottery drought, selling her first Division 1 ticket to one lucky customer last week.
May 23, 2013, 9:52 am

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Blaze rips through property

Itinerants were known to be living in an abandoned home that was gutted by fire this week.
May 23, 2013, 9:51 am

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Moore takes final bow as MP

Kalgoorlie-Boulder born Norman Moore’s final speech to State Parliament’s Upper House was met with loud and sustained applause by MPs from all sides of politics.
May 23, 2013, 9:22 am
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Man's record leaves jail as only option

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder man has been jailed for seven months after a magistrate told the court there was "absolutely nothing" to suggest he would follow a community-based order.
May 23, 2013, 9:17 am
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Staff shortages close donor centre

The last remaining staff member of the Kalgoorlie Blood Donor Centre has resigned forcing the centre to close indefinitely until more staff can be recruited.
May 23, 2013, 9:15 am
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Cancer council fundraiser

The Kalgoorlie Boulder Pure Gold Visitor Centre will be taking part in the Biggest Morning Tea tomorrow to help raise funds for the Cancer Council.
May 23, 2013, 9:13 am
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No room for doctor

A female obstetrics GP who offered to work one day per fortnight in Kambalda to save her pregnant patients the drive to Kalgoorlie-Boulder was turned down by the Shire of Coolgardie, dismaying residents who have been waiting five months for the council to secure a doctor.
May 23, 2013, 9:11 am
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Love blossoms from the quake

Jennie Crane and Kieran Thomas tell a heart-warming tale of love from the rubble of the devastating 2011 Christchurch earthquake.
May 22, 2013, 9:46 am

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Man escapes with fine

A Lamington man has been fined $1300 for assaulting his former partner and confronting her with a 30cm knife.
May 22, 2013, 9:07 am
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Fordham stars in Mines' big win

Ryan Fordham was the star in Mines Rovers’ big win over Kambalda in round seven of Goldfields colts football at the weekend.
May 21, 2013, 9:34 am
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Chance Fields meeting for distant relatives

The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society was the site of a coincidence that was more than 50 years in the making.
May 21, 2013, 9:28 am
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Jury retires in sex assault case

A jury was yesterday considering its verdict over a man who has been accused of sexually assaulting two young girls.
May 21, 2013, 9:25 am
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Mine 'tenuously viable'

WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says an "independent" economic report shows Toro Energy’s proposed Wiluna uranium mine is "tenuously" viable.
May 21, 2013, 9:22 am
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Release to ease city’s land shortage

LandCorp hopes to ease Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s residential land shortage with the release of 33 lots later this year at its Karlkurla Rise and GreenView housing estates.
May 21, 2013, 9:20 am
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Left out in the cold

The Goldfields Indigenous Housing Organisation says more than 600 people are on waiting lists for about 60 urban houses in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Coolgardie and Leonora.
May 21, 2013, 9:18 am
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