The State’s top judges have made the extraordinary decision to axe hearings across regional WA for three months, claiming police will no longer provide courtroom security.
Brooke Rolfe and Cain Andrews
Hannah Cross
The City of Karratha has won both 2026 Waterwise Platinum Council of the Year and 2026 Waterwise Gold Aquatic Centre of the Year at the Water Corporation’s Waterwise Recognition event at Kings Park on May 6.
Cain Andrews
The Shire of East Pilbara has warned the recent $32m State Government investment in the Newman Light Industrial Area will not fully address the land constraints facing the region.
The Karratha Hockey Association launched its competitive season on Wednesday night with two entertaining matches as both the men’s and women’s competitions got under way.
Phoebe Solon
State Government announces the return of the Affordable Airfares Program, offering discounted flights to Exmouth from Perth through Qantas, with fares starting at $199 one-way.
A giant squid and a host of rare deep-sea creatures have been discovered in underwater canyons off Western Australia’s North West, offering a glimpse into one of the least-explored ecosystems on Earth
City of Karratha mayor Daniel Scott has welcomed the investment in housing for regional WA in the recent State Budget, saying there’s no better time to take advantage of the Pilbara’s booming economy.
The Shire of Ashburton has welcomed the recent $60.8m investment into the long-awaited Tom Price Hospital redevelopment in the State Budget
Dampier Art Awards exhibition opening celebrated artistic talent from across Dampier, Karratha and the wider Pilbara region
Karratha Hockey Association enjoys it’s busiest and most competitive senior hockey session of the season so far
Two Pilbara residents were ordered to pay more than $2,200 in Karratha Court this week after being accused of taking more than double the legal bag limit of ark shells.
Laura Newell
Tambrey Early Learning Centre in Karratha has been transformed into a lush new play space following major renovations completed on May 12.
A West Australian Basketball Association referee and another man who is allegedly linked to the investigation into disgraced author Craig Silvey are set to face court on Wednesday.
Claire Sadler
Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.
A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.
Ben Harvey
Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.
An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.
This week’s Federal Budget has brought “nasty” cuts to a popular tourism incentive to the wine industry in a move Forrest MHR Ben Small has called a “betrayal”.
Craig Duncan
People are saying that accounts and finance managers are the biggest winners from Tuesday’s Federal Budget, but not everyone in the sector is celebrating the huge proposed tax reforms.
Sally Q Davies
Geraldton’s RFDS base set to be up and running within the next two years has only received $7.5 million in funding from the State Government – an amount MLA Kirrilee Warr believes to be inadequate.
Imogen Wilson
“I’m not quite sure exactly why I’m doing it,” is not a sentence you expect to hear from someone running the perimeter of Australia, pulling his belongings on a bike trailer behind him.
There was something special about the old video store. Not just the movies themselves, but the whole experience surrounding it.
Despite being accused of taking local jobs, overseas migrants create better workforce security and bolster the Australian economy, farming groups say.
Leaders say that they want to hear the honest truth about what’s happening but almost half of executives surveyed said that a lack of honest feedback is their primary concern.
Sophie Caldwell
With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.
Alex Sherman and Zach Vallese
British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.
Sam Meredith
A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.
Laya Neelakandan
An alleged door-to-door sales pest’s acts across multiple businesses have been exposed – including a comment he made towards a woman.
Blake Antrobus
WA is being thrown into a constitutional brawl with Canberra over an imminent Federal ‘takeover’ of the State’s gas industry.
WA’s recreational fishers are facing a fresh round of restrictions on catching some of the State’s favourite fish, with the Cook Government introducing new bag limits on several demersal species Statewide.
A cop accused of digitally penetrating a male colleague with whom he had consensual oral sex during a bawdy police party has quit the force.
Hantavirus can survive in a man’s reproductive tract for at least six years and could potentially be spread by sexual transmission, a Swiss study has revealed.
