Mark Bennett

The state's sheep industry says pain inflicted by the federal government's looming ban on live exports will be directed towards the Cook government at the ballot box in March.

Michael Filby has spent two decades picking up rubbish along the road and says it's time others pitched in.

There are fears regional West Australians will miss out on vital political representation as the state adopts a new method of electing upper house MPs. 

With hundreds of wind turbines soon set to dot the landscape of WA's Central Wheatbelt, community leaders are increasingly worried about how the process is being managed.

The state's largest grain handler, Cooperative Bulk Handling, reports it has processed 19.5 million tonnes this season — 3 million tonnes more than it predicted at the start of harvest.

The developer of Walpole's recently completed pumped hydro project is waiting for the project, which he says is designed to kick in when a blackout or brownout hits the small coastal town, to be connected to the grid.

Kathy Broadbent has been a volunteer emergency medical technician with St John for 29 years, her daughter has done the same for 17 years, and now her grandson has signed up too.

It's one of WA's most popular hikes, but an increasing number of people are becoming stranded on Bluff Knoll, leaving authorities concerned.

The legacy of a veteran who was known to do anything to help others in his country WA town has been highlighted by those touched by his generosity.

Sabrina Hahn was surprised by the quality and quantity of work being done at a farm in WA's Great Southern region that supplies meat, vegetables, fish and fruit to major metropolitan prisons.