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A young driver has been left shaken and several cows dead after a horrific crash at night on South Coast Highway near Albany, when a heard of cattle were roaming freely on the road. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

Graham Ross has already played more times for North Albany than anybody else, but Saturday’s Great Southern Football League contest at home to Royals will be the 300th time he has pulled on the Kangas kit.

They would be hard-pressed to pick a worse weekend weather-wise, but three days, more than 450km, and several near-disasters later, The Hard Road team pulled up at Mt Clarence after cycling from Perth.

Albany Caledonian have given themselves some breathing space at the top of the Great Southern Soccer Association senior men’s ladder with a win over nearest rivals Polonia.

Minor premiers Jerramungup set out their stall for the upcoming finals series with a 94-point thumping of Boxwood Hill in the final round of the Ongerup Football Association’s league campaign on Saturday.

The first anniversary of the Southern Ocean Surf Reef at Middleton Beach is a testament to what can happen when community passion results in government action, writes Surfing WA’s Kane Holtom.

A group of Paul Lionetti’s closest friends have come together to buy the naming rights for this year’s Great Southern Farmer Awards, each chipping in to honour a mate who did so much for the region. 

Albany surfers joined dignitaries and community members at Middleton Beach to mark one year of the Southern Ocean Surf Reef last week, reflecting on the long journey to see the project completed. 

From the Voices of the South anthology launch to Denmark-Walpole Football Club’s annual fundraiser for Parkinson’s WA, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.

The Narrikup Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade has received improved technology through the Southern Ports community investment program.

More than 60 writers with a deep affection for Albany have contributed their stories, poems and memoirs to Voices of the South: Reflections 2026, which launches on Thursday night at the Town Hall.

A man has died after a Toyota Landcruiser left the road and crashed in the Great Southern, less than an hour before a car hit a tree and seriously injured a driver in Perth.

Wreaths were laid and photos of level-crossing crash victims were held in front of State Parliament ahead of the second reading of a rail lighting Bill after decades of campaigning.

A growing population of pigeons is wrecking havoc in Albany‘s CBD, with their acidic droppings damaging buildings, costing businesses thousands in clean up fees and posing a health hazard.

With Narrogin, Kukerin-Dumbleyung and Wickepin assured of their places, the contest for the last finals spot will go to the wire as Wagin and Brookton-Pingelly battle to extend their UGSFL seasons this weekend.

A $5 million redevelopment of Berridge Park and 6.6 per cent average rate rise headlines the Shire of Denmark 2026/27 budget, which councillors approved this week.

The artist’s world is often a secretive one, but Albany filmmaker Josephine Jay’s new documentary In the Making lifts the curtain on some of the city’s most talented creatives in the its bicentenary year.

Albany Bakehouse couple Ethan and Jaz Baxter are celebrating after winning a clutch of gongs at the WA Baking Industry Awards on Saturday.

Firefighters rushed to a central Albany street on Monday evening after a power pole caught alight and began sparking embers into the street below.

Arts Narrogin has secured its second Pinnacle award, named the presenter of the year at the WA performing arts sector’s night of nights.