The City of Karratha is seeking to freeze a key airport fee in exchange for passenger data to shield residents from additional costs as capped airfares are set to spike by about 30 per cent.
Cain Andrews
Fourteen artists from South Hedland’s Spinifex Hill Studio will present a major new exhibition in Perth in July, in a show organisers say reframes Aboriginal art from the Pilbara
Phoebe Solon
BHP and Rio Tinto are making major strides towards their green energy goals with the trialling of new electric-powered haul trucks.
Rebecca Le May
Pilbara residents are being urged to ditch the booze next month and put their abstinence to good use with Cancer Council WA calling on locals to sign up for Dry July 2026.
The WA Government has passed legislation overturning a Supreme Court decision that allowed councils to rate miscellaneous licences, leaving regional communities to work through the financial implications.
Round eight of the North Pilbara Football League delivered a weekend full of close finishes, local derby battles and several dominant performances.
Karratha Burnouts will put on a spectacle of blue tyre smoke at their Burnout Fest to raise money for the Karratha Men’s Shed in the name of mental health.
Round 9 of the North Pilbara Football League delivered several one-sided contests across the league, reserves and women’s competitions, held on June 27.
Nationals MLC Julie Freeman has called on the State Government to “urgently review” four-year tenancy limits on an essential workers’ housing program for businesses amid Karratha’s housing crisis.
Pilbara Krocs hockey team finished CBH Group Women’s Country Championships on a high, securing fifth place in division four after a gruelling three says of close matches
Rescue efforts during cyclone Narelle and a string of complex Karijini gorge rescues have landed Pilbara emergency volunteers on the finalist list for the 2026 WAFES Awards
The 19-year-old has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder over Tuesday’s night’s fatal crash.
Imogen Wilson
Simon Peter Carman was arrested by Thai immigration officers at the airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a flight bound for Perth. WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS.
Caleb Runciman
A member of Anthony Albanese’s outer ministry has been suspended from playing amateur soccer for more than a month after punching a football opponent in the face.
Joe Spagnolo and Katina Curtis
The chief executive of a family-owned transport group is unexpectedly stepping down after nearly 12 years, triggering a search for a new boss.
Sean Smith
One man has died and another is in hospital following a horror crash today.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.
Troy de Ruyter
Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.
Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.
A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham.
A $50 million project designed to protect shipping operations at Port Hedland from major disruptions has moved a step closer, with Pilbara Ports awarding a dredging contract to Jan De Nul Australia.
More people in Geraldton in desperate need of a home are being added to the public housing waitlist but the waiting time they face is reducing, new figures reveal
The Shire of Augusta Margaret River have been highly commended by a Statewide body, for their efforts improving beach accessibility.
Craig Duncan
The vision to transform Maitland Park has been narrowed down to two concept designs — one a two-way traffic option, the other one-way — but both will be “substantially cheaper” than the original plan.
Plan to expand the Containers for Change scheme to include wine and spirit bottles has been slammed in Parliament last week, with Opposition members claiming regional communities have not been “heard”.
The Mid West has recorded the highest turnover of GPs in regional WA, according to new data from Rural Health West.
Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’
Matt Peterson
Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.
Spencer Kimball
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
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
Details have emerged about the man accused of the horrific murder of a Thai teenager, with neighbours saying he was often embroiled in arguments, bragged about owning guns and was known to sleep the entire day.
Caleb Runciman and Kristin Shorten
Just days after the tragic death of an eight-month-old baby girl at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital staff reportedly held a house party, which was the subject of formal complaints to the Health Department.
Charlton Hart
A man blinded by rage as he allegedly smashed the windows of his cousin’s car before dousing it in petrol and setting it alight has admitted in court it was ‘an act of retribution’ for sleeping with his wife.
A Jerramungup bus driver who failed to give way to a road train and caused a crash that left two children with serious injuries, including a brain bleed and spinal fractures, has received a suspended jail term.
Perth locals are bracing as a storm is set to hit the city on Tuesday morning, bringing strong winds and bucketing rain as the winter weather rages on.
The once almost eradicated infection has now been detected in the Mid West, Perth metropolitan, Kimberley, Pilbara, and the Goldfields.
Claire Sadler
