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Coast FM and The Wave have once again teamed up with WestAus Crisis and Welfare Services for their annual Winter Appeal supporting Homelessness Awareness Week.

The State Government has committed to building a $5 million electrical training facility at South Metropolitan TAFE's Rockingham campus.

A McDonald's is coming to Dawesville despite the City of Mandurah urging state planners to reject the proposal.

Kwinana Police are asking for the public's help to locate a 27-year-old man who is wanted for questioning over an ongoing investigation.

A Mandurah woman has successfully swum the English Channel.

A 28-year-old man and a seven-year-old child have suffered serious injuries following a crash in Australind.

Major upgrades to the Kwinana Freeway between Roe Highway and Safety Bay Road are another step closer but motorists have been warned to expect two years of delays during construction.

A driver has suffered serious injuries in a crash in Serpentine.

Police are looking for a man and woman who allegedly stole a car from Lakelands Shopping Centre.

Mission Australia is celebrating 25 years of its Mandurah Reconnect program which supports young people and families navigate conflict, prevent homelessness and build stronger futures across the Peel region.

A mad Eagles fan has claimed a $6 million Lotto win.

A woman has lost everything in a house fire in Mandurah.

More than $1 million has been lost in scams involving gift card payments this year, triggering an urgent warning from Consumer Protection

The Secret Harbour by-election has attracted a record 16 candidates.

The major party candidates for the Secret Harbour by-election have been unveiled with the political battle ramping up ahead of polling day on August 29.

Comet Bay Primary School will offer free, optional full-time kindergarten in 2027.

Police are calling on witnesses to a fatal crash in North Dandalup at the weekend.

A date has been set for Mandurah's upcoming Extraordinary Election which will see the appointment of a new Town Ward councillor.

Mandurah Detectives are looking for a man who was allegedly involved in a scam targeting an 89-year-old North Pinjarra resident.

A southern right whale has finally made its way back out to sea after spending 19 days in the Peel-Harvey Estuary.

A new candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election has been announced with former Rockingham councillor Dr Craig Buchanan endorsed as the Legalise Cannabis WA Party candidate.

Police are continuing their hunt for a group of youths who broke into a Warnbro service station.

Mandurah has copped an absolute drenching overnight, recording the largest rainfall total in the state.

An aerial firefighter who spent a decade protecting properties and people has lost his own home in a devastating fire.

A City of Rockingham councillor is set to be announced as the Liberal Party candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election.

A Baldivis man who threw a dog so hard it broke its femur and had to be put down has been fined $3000 and banned from owning an animal for two years.

WA Police hold urgent welfare concerns for a 47-year-old woman who has been missing for over two days.

The Peel Cavaliers have broken a nine-year drought to claim the 2026 Men's Country Championships.

The City of Kwinana will take over management of the Kwinana Golf Course with the transition to allow them to begin planning a massive redevelopment.