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  1. Environment Research shows Pilbara barking geckos at risk of extinction

  2. School holidays PremiumSchool holiday fun across Pilbara

  3. FDV PremiumState expands Safe at Home program to Karratha

  4. Legend honoured PremiumNPFL legend Peter Lynch celebrates umpiring 800 games

  5. SoccerPremiumDampier Junior Soccer Club celebrates first Indigenous round

City of Karratha offices.

Council PremiumCity of Karratha to pay $40k to install new police CCTV

Karratha leaders have hit out at State Government “cost-shifting” after having to pay $40,000 to install new high-tech police cameras. 

Cain Andrews

Pilbara Krocs players, George McCarthy and Tim Boteler

Sports PremiumPilbara Krocs claim Country Week division 3 bronze

Pilbara Krocs secured third place in Division 3 at this year’s CBH Group Men’s Country Championships in Perth, after recovering from a difficult start to the tournament.

Phoebe Solon

Red Dirt Ultra Marathon

Sport PremiumRain, mud resilience at this year’s Red Dirt Backyard Ultra

New course record set at this year’s Red Dirt Backyard Ultra, after competitors spent more than a day and a half running through rain, mud, cold nights and a sunrise in Karratha.

Phoebe Solon

Sophie, Jayde, Molly and Montanna at the NAIDOC youth ball held at the East Pilbara Arts Centre.

NAIDOCPremiumEast Pilbara youth shine at NAIDOC ball

Ninety-five young people from across the East Pilbara dressed in their finest suits and dresses to celebrate culture, connection and community at this year’s NAIDOC youth ball.

Phoebe Solon

The Department of Health has extended vaccine eligibility to all Aboriginal people across the State as part of its ongoing response to the diphtheria outbreak in regional WA.

Vaccine programPremiumDiphtheria response extends vaccine eligibility

The Department of Health has extended vaccine eligibility to all Aboriginal people across the State as part of its ongoing response to the diphtheria outbreak in regional WA.

Rebecca Nadge

Daniel Scott

Local Government Karratha proposes reform for Commonwealth funded projects

The City of Karratha has secured national backing for a plan to ensure local communities are properly equipped to handle the population growth brought on by “nationally significant” projects. 

Cain Andrews

PKKP Aboriginal Corporation HR officer Christine Zaccheus and general manager strategic projects Gary Dean.

CommunityThe PKKP Aboriginal Corporation celebrate 50 years of deadly

The PKKP Aboriginal Corporation celebrated its annual NAIDOC Week community event on July 9 with members, families and the wider community at 7 Hedland Place, Karratha.

Karratha Airport.

Council Karratha Airport seating tenders to go back out to market

A $250,000 plan to upgrade terminal seating at Karratha Airport has been sent back to the drawing board after the City of Karratha rejected all submissions for the project.

City of Karratha offices.

Council City of Karratha litter and illegal dumping strategy shift

The City of Karratha has approved a significant shift in its approach to tackling litter and illegal dumping, moving away from fragmented geographic services towards a centralised, $2.9m district-wide model.

Zac Hill is one of four young West Australians to receive a WA Fire and Emergency Services award.

Emergency ServicesYoung Karratha SES volunteer recognised with State honour

A young Karratha volunteer has been recognised by Western Australia’s emergency services for a prestigious State award.

Joshua Dowdall

The City of Karratha is inviting tenders for a waste and recycling collection contract with potential to bring the customer service component in-house.  

Council City of Karratha invites tenders for waste collection

The City of Karratha is inviting tenders for a waste and recycling collection contract with potential to bring the customer service component in house.  

Cain Andrews

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On the left, mould found in rooms at Rio Tinto's WPV .

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Mould outbreak plagues Rio Tinto camp

Mining giant Rio Tinto admits that one of its primary iron ore accommodation villages requires immediate upgrades after staff blew the whistle on a mould infestation. 

Adrian Rauso

New data reveals the State’s top salesperson is Damyn Strang, of Abel Property, who is largely unknown by the general public and even in his own industry.

PropertyCommentsPremiumSelling the dream: WA’s top real estate agents revealed

Perth’s top real estate agent is selling an astonishing half a billion dollars worth of property each year — and you have probably never heard of him.

Kim Macdonald

A teenager accused of careless driving in Beaufort River fatal crash has made his first court appearance.

courtsPremiumYoung driver in court on careless driving charges over fatal

A young Kojonup man accused of careless driving in a crash that caused the death of a woman and left another with serious injuries has made his first court appearance in Albany. 

Jacki Elezovich

Premier Roger Cook has refused to hold an inquest into the baby's death.

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Cook won’t demand inquest into baby’s death at WA hospital

The Cook Government is continuing its refusals to order an inquiry into the death of a baby girl at Kalgoorlie Hospital despite being willing to take swift action in the past for Aishwarya Aswath.

Charlton Hart

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A senior Taiwanese official released an image of the apparent flight path of the Chinese submarine launched ballistic missile, showing the warhead hitting waters near Tuvalu and Nauru.

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China’s spy ship operation before missile test exposed

Maritime data compiled for The Nightly has revealed at least four hi-tech Chinese satellite tracking vessels were deployed to the region in the days leading up to Beijing’s missile test.

Andrew Greene

Broome in WA's Kimberley region is a hotspot during winter as tourists flood to the north west town to escape the cold. Gantheaume Point.

Kimberley callingPremiumDiscounted travel vouchers launched

A new State Government program encouraging visitors to head north this season is expected to generate more than $1 million in tourism bookings. 

Rebecca Nadge

On the left, mould found in rooms at Rio Tinto's WPV .

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CommentsPremiumMould outbreak plagues Rio Tinto camp

Mining giant Rio Tinto admits that one of its primary iron ore accommodation villages requires immediate upgrades after staff blew the whistle on a mould infestation. 

Naomi Tekea Craig leaves Mandurah Court House.

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PremiumTeacher who had student’s baby pictured for first time

The Mandurah music teacher who had a baby with her underage student she sexually abused has been pictured for the first time since details of the incident emerged.

Arun Abraham allegedly misinterpreted radiology reports so frequently his colleagues considered him a menace and complained to bosses at RPH, where he had worked since 2016.

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PremiumSuspended cardiologist working in Perth medical centres

A cardiologist considered so inept he was suspended and booted out of Royal Perth Hospital is working in medical centres around Perth.

Regional News

Kelpies for kids at Claremont Showgrounds. Georgia, 13, Danika, 10 and Matilda Pitts, 15 of Brunswick with 'Alby'.

TelethonCommentsCountry brought to Perth for sick regional kids missing home

Country families who have needed to spend time in Perth while their children receive medical treatment were given a chance to reconnect with a piece of home through a new event designed just for them.

Sophie Gannon

The Safer Streets Patrol has safely disposed of 5085 syringes found on the street so far this year.

SyringesPremiumExpanded team sees syringe disposal more than double

Discarded syringes left on the street continue to be an issue in the community, with 5085 picked up by City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder staff so far this year, more than double from the same time last year.

Tegan Guthrie

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s animal management facility.

Pound report PremiumReport to consider pound dog desexing policy

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder councillor would like to see a no-kill policy at the local pound, as the deputy mayor’s push for a report into compulsory desexing of adopted pound dogs was backed unanimously.

Tegan Guthrie

A peak agricultural body has rubbished the conservative water limits proposed in the latest draft management plan for the Fitzroy Derby river in WA's far north.

Water DisputePremiumPremiumPGA warns of restricted growth from Fitzroy River plan

A peak WA agriculture body has warned that economic development in the State’s far north would be held back by the “conservative” water limits in the latest Fitzroy-Derby River management plan.

Amy May was crowned Ms Kalgoorlie at the 2026 Miss Kalgoorlie Pageant.

Pageant winnerPremiumPremiumMs Kalgoorlie encourages others to ‘try and try again’

This year’s Ms Kalgoorlie pageant winner has set her sights on a modelling career while encouraging others to never give up on their dreams.

The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking information about these debutantes.

History mystery Can you help the historical society name these people?

The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking the public’s help identifying and shedding light on this photo.

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Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsPremiumHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

Sam Meredith

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Police aircraft followed the suspects before ground teams pursued with the arrests.

Regional WAVideoPremiumWATCH: Police capture suspects following bushland air chase

Police have charged six men after the air wing chased them through bushland north of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and directed officers on the ground to catch them.

Neil Watkinson

19yo South Perth basketball referee Jamie Winfield has been charged with sexual assault Unknown

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Police arrest child sex-accused basketball WA referee

A Perth basketball referee is behind bars and has been hit with a string of new charges after allegedly refusing to abide by a restraining order protecting his young victim.

Hannah Cross

Simon Peter Carman could face life in prison or the death penalty if found guilty of murder.

WA NewsREVEALED: Accused Thai suitcase killer’s final text from mum

The accused killer became emotional after reading the contents of his mother’s message following his arrest.

A man has been charged with shaking an 11-month-old baby.

CRIMEPremiumPremiumBaby critical after allegedly being shaken

An 11-month-old child has been taken to hospital in a critical condition, and a man has been charged with inflicting serious injuries.

A man has been killed after crashing his car on a remote road in WA’s Wheatbelt.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumMan dies in freak crash on remote WA road

A man has been killed after crashing his car on a remote road in WA’s Wheatbelt on Wednesday.

5-year-old Ava O’Kelly at her Port Kennedy home on Monday.

TelethonVideoCommentsThe young cancer-free warrior set to ring PCH bell

With 100 days to go until Telethon, there’s another highly-anticipated countdown being looked forward to by five-year-old Ava O’Kelly.

Hannah Cross