Notepad and pen at the ready, Smithton’s Isaac Popowski is diving into reporting for the Circular Head Chronicle.
A familiar face to many, the local lad has been roaming the region since February as community news reporter.
“I wanted to be a writer when I was younger,” says the 19-year-old, “but it never seemed like a realistic career.”
Until one day while flicking through...

Since 1906, the Circular Head Chronicle has served our community.
Generations of locals have trusted in the paper to deliver community news and events each week.
Now, the local newspaper enters a new chapter as ownership changes hands from Craig and Amanda Saward to proprietor Robert ‘Bob’ Yeates, bringing four generations of newspaper knowledge to the Chronicle.
Yeates...