There’s a new medical centre destined for Bridgetown, but who’s behind it and when and where it’s...

The following alert has been issued by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) Please...

Andrew Mathews is a man on a mission. He wants to warn people about a plant he calls “the coronavirus of weeds” and what he describes as its potential to devastate our environment.

Rumours that Santa Claus will be paying a flying visit to a picnic in Memorial Park this Sunday,...

Christmas comes around once a year but the spirit of giving burns brightly all year round for Bridgetown woman Janine Daniels.

Blues at Bridgetown would like to give a big thank you to all their loyal Blues supporters and...

Bridgetown’s familiar orange school buses will be a thing of the past from February when they’ll...

Highlands residents Pammie and John Ahlin have had enough of paying for their Telstra mobile phone service but never getting the service they’ve paid for.

Two lucky year seven students will get a helping hand with their high school education next year thanks to the Maranup Ford Caravan Park Scholarship Classic and the generosity of local businesses.

The former Director General of the Department of Water in WA has condemned the proposed $70 million Southern Forest Irrigation Scheme as “a massive gamble on future streamflow, a gamble of $60 million of taxpayers’ money, and a gamble on the river environment which is already highly stressed due to a drying climate.”

Bridgetown is a beautiful place to live but few of its people think its local government authority has developed and communicated a clear vision for its future.

There’s a fresh, bright airy look to the bigger and better Geegeelup Aged Care Facility that’s doubled its capacity to 32 beds, while adding a big new dining and living facility to meet the growing need for aged care in Bridgetown.

Ford House was at its brilliant blooming best at this year’s Festival of Country Gardens with hundreds flocking to the historic property to enjoy the gardens and wander round the many stalls on display.

“Be prepared, make a plan, talk about it,” was Hester Brook Volunteer Fire Brigade Captain, Craig White’s, message to a bushfire skills and awareness workshop at the brigade’s Highlands Estate station on Saturday.

The Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes will eliminate its two-ward system for electing its nine...

Jason Littlefair and Sheila Howat from Blackwood Biosecurity Blackwood Biosecurity claims the...

Bridgetown has enjoyed a wetter than average winter this year and with that goes higher fuel loads and a slightly higher danger of bush fires, but as long as people “behave themselves” we should all be fine, according to Bridgetown’s fire control officer, Ed Bland.

Two silver medals at this year’s Perth Royal Beer Awards are just the latest accolades for The Cidery and its talented brewer, Mark Hollett.

The WA Government’s decision to extend the Covid 19 residential rent laws for another six months has been criticised by real estate agent John Ranieri, the principal of Harcourts Bridgetown.

Bronwyn Mitchell isn’t asking for much – just the sort of reliable internet service that most of us take for granted.

It’s been a great season for Declared Pests. Weeds are thriving and pest animals have bred early and in large numbers.

Australia might be mired in the worst recession in living memory, but you wouldn’t know it from the number of new shops in Bridgetown that have opened their doors in recent months.

Weeds are a blight on Australia’s natural environment and agricultural production, costing our farmers around $1.5 billion each year to control and another $2.5 billion in lost production.

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is urging women to book a health...

Maria Aeon White has been to 32 countries but it’s Bridgetown that she and her partner, Dean Brockwell, want to call home.

Electric vehicles were a hot topic at Transition Bridgetown’s recent Power to the People forum with two people, Simon Mathews and Dr Garry Middle, speaking about their experience with electric cars.

Getting lithium deliveries off the roads and onto rail could also see the opening of a tourist rail line on the existing line between Bunbury and Bridgetown if the plans of the Balingup Rail Group come to fruition.

If you’ve got a bee in your bonnet about any of the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes’ local laws...

Bridgetown’s recently re-opened Police Station Museum is an outstanding testament to the hard work of the Bridgetown Historical Society and in particular to the drive and vision of its Chairperson, Mary Elgar.

Containers for Change promises to improve recycling, reduce pollution and raise funds for local community groups, and it’s coming to the Bridgetown tip on the 1st of October.

It promises water security in a drying climate and millions of dollars in export earnings to the region, so why are so many farmers around Manjimup so opposed to the Southern Forest Irrigation Scheme?

Electricity used to be such a straightforward affair – a government utility used to produce all that power using coal-fired generators and transmit it down power lines to consumers who used it and paid for it. Simple.

Rainbow Colours Dress Up Day was a colourful end to a colourful week for the kids of St Brigid’s Primary School, with the youngsters turning out in their brightly coloured best for a good cause.

Cheaper, more reliable power that’s 100 per cent renewable will be up for discussion at Transition...

Rabbits are out and about in big numbers around Bridgetown, digging up the ground, eating garden vegetable crops, ringbarking young trees and just generally making a nuisance of themselves.

Local residents have raised revegetation, flooding and drainage concerns about the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire’s million-dollar Blackwood River Foreshore Project.

The Public Transport Authority (PTA) has no plans to change anything about the school bus route down Lefroy Road in the Highlands Estate despite Monday’s accident which saw one student slightly injured and others shaken up.

“A minor crash involving a school bus on Lefroy road near the corner with Walter Road in the...

Bridgetown’s million-dollar Blackwood River Foreshore development is set to go ahead this financial year if funding from the Commonwealth and State government can be secured.

The height of the COVID 19 pandemic saw an increase in cannabis use among Bridgetown’s drug users as methamphetamine, or meth, became hard to get because of travel restrictions.

A big crowd of Bridgetown people welcomed the raising of the Aboriginal flag outside the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire offices on Sunday, July 12.

There’s a bright new look and feel to Henri Nouwen House these days now that the renovation work is virtually finished.

A relaxing walk in the park with his dog turned into a doggone drama for Nelson Street resident Bob Howe on Friday, July 3 in a situation, he said, that should never have happened.