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Hockey stars in state comp
16 May 12 | TWO Margaret River hockey players, Regan King and Phoebe Smith, both 14, were recently selected to represent Busselton Hockey Association in the Smarter than Smoking Under 17 State Hockey Championships.
Pro-Am top prize is a car
16 May 12 | PROFESSIONAL golfers from across the country will be hoping that their aim is good at the upcoming Settlers Liquor Store Pro-Am at the beautiful Margaret River Golf Club. Up for grabs is a brand new Hyundai i30 thanks to Busselton Hyundai.
River downs old rival Collie
16 May 12 | MARGARET River hosted old rivals Collie on a wet, wintery Sunday with a heavy downpour just before kick-off making conditions very slippy and both sides had trouble adjusting.
Three in a row for Hawks Open team
16 May 12 | THE dream start to the Hawks’ Open Netball season continued with their third consecutive win in their game against Carey Park in Bunbury on Sunday.
Hawks Colts win first for season
16 May 12 | AUGUSTA-Margaret River Football Club’s young Colts team came away from Kelly Park in Bunbury on Sunday with its first win for the season, against Carey Park.
Policeman turns into school chaplain
16 May 12 | LOCAL Jon Daniels has traded his role as police officer for that of chaplain at Margaret River Senior High School and Karridale Primary School.
Volunter Week: you can help too
16 May 12 | IT’S National Volunteer Week, May 14-18, and the South West Catchment Council is taking the opportunity to acknowledge and thank all the volunteers that lend a hand for the environment.
Club tips in $3000 for Arrabella's family
16 May 12 | GENEROUS members of the Augusta-Margaret River Hawks Superules club donated almost $3000 on Friday for local Arrabella Lawrence, 3, who has cystic fibrosis.
16 May 12 | THE Augusta-Margaret River Shire Council has received the final Civic and Administration Centre cost report.
16 May 12 | THE South West is being “punished” in the Federal Budget for its success, Forrest MP Nola Marino claimed last week.
16 May 12 | A SMALL fire in a Gracetown house was quickly extinguished on Monday morning.
Baz' cartoon
16 May 12 | Baz' cartoon
Rare  virus won't stop stan
16 May 12 | IN January, Augusta’s Stan Meagher had to be rushed to Perth with a virus that had paralysed him.   | CommentsComments (2)
Cowaramup kettle on for cuppa for cancer
16 May 12 | THE extremely popular Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea in Cowaramup is on again – with a theme this year of High Tea.
Our Dolly model finalist
16 May 12 | BAKERY beauty Lillian Van der Veen might hit the modelling big time - she is a finalist in the Original Dolly Model Search 2012.
16 May 12 | A LOCAL man, 22, was killed when his car left Bussell Highway and hit a tree in Forest Grove yesterday afternoon.
15 May 12 | THE battle of the Blackwood River cut continued at Wednesday’s Augusta-Margaret River Shire Council meeting, with a 5-2 vote to consider allocating $15,000 to reopening the cut.
15 May 12 | PREMIER Colin Barnett has told shire president Ray Colyer he does not believe the Mining Act needs amending to provide greater protection for the Margaret River region.
Greens' mines protection campaign targets Redman, Farina
15 May 12 | RESIDENTS who want the Margaret River region protected from mining have been urged to contact local politicians, particularly Blackwood-Stirling Nationals MP Terry Redman and South West Labor MLC Adele Farina, and call on them to support proposed amendments to the Mining Act.
Old school on the move
15 May 12 | COWARAMUP Primary School students and teachers lined Bussell Highway on Thursday morning to watch the predecessor of their school pass by. They were joined by shoppers, traders and some nostalgic locals, like Don Miller, who had attended the old school which was built beside Bussell Highway a kilometre south of the town in 1924.  | CommentsComments (2)
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