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Locality: Katanning, Western Australia

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25.01.2022 STIRLING RANGE BUSHFIRE A bushfire sparked by lightning has blocked southern access to Stirling Range National Park. The blaze comes one year after a bushfire sparked by lightning forced evacuations and razed 40,000 hectares in the national park.

24.01.2022 UPPERS WRAP A brilliant seven goal-haul from Lloyd Padwick guided Brookton-Pingelly to an impressive opening round victory in the Upper Great Southern Football League Inc on Sunday. Find out who else were winners in round one on Sunday.

23.01.2022 IT’S GRAND FINAL TIME Here we go! The 2020 Southern Smash grand final starts at 3.30pm. It’s a rematch between the best two sides in the competition - Brad Hogg’s Inswing Ignition and Travis Birt’s Camtrans Bulldogs.... Travis Birt is coming off a spectacular 85 off 38 balls in the semi-final, including a monster six that sailed over North Road. Inswing Ignition won their semi-final in a thriller that went down to a super over! It’s the heavyweight grand final showdown the fans were hoping for. Do not miss this. Watch live via the link below.

22.01.2022 Players returned to the court for the opening round of the Katanning Netball Association, however, there were mixed emotions in the first week of the 2021 season. he junior competition was able to start but the seniors were unfortunately postponed.

21.01.2022 Kukerin’s Elspeth Smith has been named the Great Southern family daycare educator of the year for 2020. It's a positive end to a difficult year for family daycare educators who struggled through COVID-19. It was hard to stay positive in that time, but the kids make it positive. That’s why we’re in this industry. We’re there for the kids, Ms Smith said.

20.01.2022 FUN IN THE SUN The many colours of the Great Southern region came out to shine at the annual Cranbrook Show. Dozens of stalls and a dog jumping competition headlined the Frederick Square event on a sunny Saturday in Cranbrook.

18.01.2022 KATANNING SMASHES RECYCLING TARGETS The Katanning community has exceeded recycling expectations by 25 per cent to notch up the town's 1 millionth container donated to the local Environmental Cash In.

16.01.2022 The 73-year-old woman has been remembered as a beautiful soul and an inspiration who was the rock of her family.

16.01.2022 SCHOOL STOUSH Poor perceptions of Katanning Senior High School are contributing to a ‘demographic gap’ in the region, according to shire president Liz Guidera.

15.01.2022 BORDEN X CUP Gnowangerup and Narrikup walk away victorious from the Borden X Cup today. Gnowangerup defeated Warperup narrowly in the AFLX grand final while Narrikup defeated Railways in the Fast5 decider.... A massively successful day for the small community town of Borden with over 250 athletes taking to the footy oval and netball court.

15.01.2022 Albany Nationals WA candidate Delma Baesjou has launched a petition calling on the State Government to immediately fund a residential rehabilitation facility for the Great Southern. Southern Aboriginal Corporation and Palmerston are two groups which have been pushing for a rehab facility in the region for years. What will it take for the political leadership in this state to recognise the absence of an addiction workforce and a lack of rehabilitation in our region? More deaths?" SAC chief executive Asha Bhat said.

14.01.2022 DO YOU RECOGNISE THIS PERSON? Katanning Police would like to speak with the person in this image. They might be able to help officers with an investigator into an attempted burglary incident that happened between 9:15pm and 10:30pm on Monday.... Anyone with information can call Katanning g Police on 9821 3800 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

14.01.2022 From midnight tonight only travellers with an exemption will be able to enter WA from Victoria. Anyone who has arrived from Victoria on or after December 21 must go into self-quarantine for 14 days.

14.01.2022 SEVEN HEAVEN Katanning Wanderers have started the new Upper Great Southern Football League Inc season in red-hot fashion, destroying Narrogin Hawks on Sunday. In an emphatic round one result, the Wanderers cruised to an 86-point victory after they piled on 11 goals in the second half at Clayton Road Oval.

12.01.2022 Tambellup man Gregory John William Quartermaine has admitted to using the zombie drug flakka as his drug habits came under further scrutiny on day five of a Supreme Court murder trial in Albany. State prosecutor David Davidson said the toxicology report from the day of the alleged murder showed no evidence of flakka in his system. Here's the latest from the trial, which is set resume on Monday morning.... And here's our full coverage from the previous four days of the trial. DAY 1: https://bit.ly/2V4xgcu DAY 2: https://bit.ly/3les0O1 DAY 3: https://bit.ly/3nZHcQJ DAY 4: https://bit.ly/3o1Kwes

10.01.2022 MARCH TO END DV Stand up speak out was the message of more than 70 marchers as they took to the streets of Katanning for the town’s annual White Ribbon march last Wednesday. A police escort led the crowd from Katanning Courthouse to the Town Square as the community called for an end to violence against women and children.

10.01.2022 STRONG LOCAL FLAVOUR Katanning and Kojonup rugby players were part of the Albany Sea Dragons Rugby League & Sporting Club Inc. team that impressed in the inaugural Great Southern Nines tournament held in Albany on Saturday. Six players from Kojonup and three from Katanning were part of the 17-man squad that represented the Albany Sea Dragons Rugby League and Sporting Club.

09.01.2022 NATURAL WONDER A mural by internationally renowned street artist Jerome Davenport has been painted in Gnowangerup. It celebrates the flora and fauna of the Stirling Range.

09.01.2022 VALE LEW SMIT Lewis Lew Smit was known by many as an extraordinary cattleman who committed his life to running the Murray Grey and Angus cattle studs his father established in the early 1960s.

08.01.2022 GOOD WORK FIREYS Chester Pass Road has been reopened after firefighters managed to contain a blaze burning in Stirling Range National Park.

08.01.2022 Great Southern police grounded six trucks during a two-day blitz on the trucking industry last weekend. Main Roads inspectors told local police some of the breaches were among the worst they had seen.

08.01.2022 Kendenup Tennis Club held the second open mixed doubles tournament of the season, with 32 players hitting the court in warm conditions on Sunday. A very strong field competed in the round-robin event with players coming from Albany, Kojonup and Frankland River along with local players.

08.01.2022 Here's how you give a colossal ram a fresh lick of paint.

06.01.2022 When Tambellup’s Lockie Bradshaw talks about the shearing shed, you can tell it’s a place he’s passionate about. Mr Bradshaw has received the WA Shearing Industry Association Neville Munns Scholarship, awarded to an outstanding student interested in pursuing a career in the wool industry. He's among a new breed of shearers eager to bolster the industry.

05.01.2022 POLICE WARNING Katanning police are targeting motorists who ignore stop signs, warning it is only a matter of time until someone is seriously hurt.

05.01.2022 Six players from the Great Southern Cricket Association were selected for the Southern Smash in the draft on Sunday night. The draft for this year’s T20 tournament, to be held in Albany on December 28 and 29, was held at Inswing Sports Bar and all six GSCA players who nominated went to a franchise.

05.01.2022 BLUFF KNOLL LIKE NEVER BEFORE This breathtaking video was shot by the skilled drone pilots at Extreme Limit Films. What an incredible place. Enjoy the ride.

03.01.2022 BUSH LEGENDS Alongside the old school, town hall and a gravelly footy oval that has not seen competition for 48 years, the former post office home of Jean Wynne pays homage to WA’s most extraordinary sporting family. Here's the incredible story of a family full of superstars from the tiny town of Moulyinning.