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Six years on from their last Albany Netball Association A1 title, Narrikup 1 added another piece of silverware to their trophy cabinet after walking away five goal winners against a deflated Royals Saints 1.

An Albany man has been fined more than $2000 for supplying underage girls with alcohol, with the court revealing during his sentencing that he was buying the young girls drinks in exchange for sexual favours. 

Players from the Lower Great Southern Hockey Association swapped the hockey field for the dance floor as they gathered in their glamourous best to look back on another season. 

A crew of Great Southern State Emergency Service volunteers represented WA in the National Disaster Rescue Challenge earlier this month, going head-to-head with experienced teams from around the country. 

Denmark will have to put the brakes on Albany Caledonian goal machine Holly Froehnelt if they are to prevent the league champions from sweeping to a league and cup double on Saturday.

A stunning tree-top Ocean Beach build by WA Country Builders has been named Great Southern home of the year at the annual HIA Regional WA Housing Awards.

The Albany community should continue to fight for its bush land and green spaces and hold council to account on finding balance between biodiversity and development, writes Michael Bayliss.

Narrikup 1 and Royals Saints 1 are gearing up for a fiery Albany Netball Association A1 grand final on Saturday, with the season’s top teams ready to fight for a chance at premiership glory.

Rotary clubs in Albany and Katanning were among the organisations that helped provide a sea container full of mobility devices to people in Fiji living with disability.

Everything will go on the line for Manypeaks and Spencer Park as the rivals battle for the men’s A-grade premiership glory on Saturday as part of Lower Great Southern Hockey Association grand final day. 

A Bayonet Head resident had a shock on Thursday afternoon when a car smashed through the front wall of his home into the room he had been in only moments before.

It was a night that will never be forgotten in Albany.

Albany’s Malayalee Association celebrated the Onam festival with a procession, sports and a traditional vegetarian feast at the Lower Kalgan Hall earlier this month.

A comprehensive deep-dive into the history of a tiny Albany town has been accumulated by its residents in a effort to showcase the importance of their small, but mighty district.

Albany Air’s Sean van der Brugge has taken out a major scholarship award for a refrigeration and air-conditioning apprentice at the annual industry awards, recognising a year of hard work and dedication.

It started in Switzerland with a romance between a tree surgeon and an embassy housekeeper and is enduring in the Porongurups, in the shape of Maleeya’s Thai Cafe which has celebrated three decades in business.

If the 2026 Great Southern Soccer Association cup final is anything like last year’s epic it will be a belter as the two sides involved last year do battle again on Saturday.

From Numen to the Albany netball and hockey grand finals, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.

Beloved and longstanding Albany community radio station Gold MX 1611AM has been forced to hang up the microphones after 29 years on air, with director Samele Haell calling time at the end of the month.

Fremantle star Jordan Clark openly refers to himself as a hothead earlier in his career, now he’s an integral part of the club’s leadership group and one of the reasons they’re playing in a preliminary final.