The Town of Port Hedland is checking if it needs to remove boulders used as police protection barriers during car chases after a Kimberley town was advised to remove similar strategically placed rocks.
Sarah Crawford
WA’s North West will be reconnected to South East Asia for the first time since the COVID pandemic after Jetstar Asia announced their new Broome to Singapore route.
Katya Minns and Sam Jones
A newly elected Hedland councillor and former Great Australia Party candidate has appeared in a bizarre video on Russian state-owned TV, passing on his ‘sincere congratulations’ to Vladimir Putin.
Sam Jones
A Kimberley council has been told by its insurer to remove police protection barriers that have been effective in deterring stolen cars driving wildly through the town because a thief might crash into them
The thriving Pilbara Universities Centre will be expanded to cater for students living in the Shire of Ashburton as part of a $16 million Federal Government cash injection to grow the program.
An entrepreneur who amassed a huge property portfolio before his 21st birthday has been jailed after introducing a debt-laden friend to a money laundering operation.
Rebecca Le May
Fresh evidence of a possible asylum seeker boat arrival in the northern reaches of WA has reportedly been found. However, the Federal Government says the items are from an earlier landing.
Katina Curtis and Kimberley Caines
A Pilbara man who held his five-year-old son under water in the ocean while in an alcohol and methamphetamine-induced psychosis has avoided jail.
Lauren Price
Owners of an iconic North West roadhouse destroyed by tropical cyclone Ilsa in 2023 have thanked the local community for helping them through the rebuild, and have reopened the business.
The State Government has earmarked $4.5 million for the development of 76 key worker dwellings in South Hedland.
Laura Newell
Dan Sultan is scheduled to return to the Karijini Expereince in 2024.
Ross McRae
Art lovers are set for a immersive treat at the Courthouse Gallery for the next seven weeks as three local early career artists display their work.
Staff Reporters
Police have found a missing family of seven who were feared to have vanished in dangerous floodwaters.
Caleb Runciman and Lauren Price
The Town of Port Hedland has urged residents to learn how to safely dispose of abandoned syringes.
Staff Reporter
The state’s top netballers played in front of a capacity crowd at Wanangkura Stadium at the weekend.
‘Sadly, less than 20 per cent of the town’s residents cast their vote, however, I was extremely lucky to secure a place on the council’s table.’
It may have been a rocky start to their bid to take the State championships by storm thanks to disrupted transport to the event in Perth, but Hedland’s young teeballers did the region proud.
A $25 million, 75-unit residential development in South Hedland town centre has been given the green light by the local council.
Young people in the Pilbara are being called to become the next generation of youth leaders in a unique opportunity to represent their electorate and participate in democratic processes.
Katya Minns
Two Pilbara resource programs and a Port Hedland woman who pivoted from a career in the arts to becoming the first female Aboriginal open crane operator have been shortlisted for the Women in Resources Awards.
“Any initiative that supports the human-animal bond is valued by all those involved in animal rescue, especially in these dark times when so many pets are surrendered.”
“We want to help regional and remote regions like the Pilbara to put an end to delays in skin cancer diagnosis due to a lack of convenient health services.”
Two children who had their wrists cable tied after climbing into a Broome backyard had been tempted by the prospect of the only pool in the neighbourhood, according to a social justice advocate.
Sarah Crawford and Cain Andrews
A 45-year-old Broome man has been charged with aggravated assault after Aboriginal children were found bound with cable ties outside a home in Cable Beach.
Caleb Runciman
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