State Heritage link for the Roleystone Theatre venue  There are two local newspapers: the Roleystone Courier and the Valley Reporter. Both papers are owned by local residents. There is also a community website called RoleystoneNet (or RoleyNet) that contains a local forum, local events calendar and an online flea market called Eflea. On 6 February 2011, a declared total fire ban day, a bushfire occurred on private property adjacent to the Brookton Highway in the Roleystone/Kelmscott area. There were a total of 72 homes destroyed and 37 homes damaged. This is the second biggest house loss in Western Australia to a single bushfire event behind the January 2016 fires in Yarloop.