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
Cain Andrews
The Pilbara is struggling with a revolving door of medical staff despite a dramatic jump in new doctors taking posts in the region.
Pilbara basketball fans will be treated to an NBL spetactular in their own backyard next month.
Laura Newell
One of WA’s most remote communities can now more easily connect to power following infrastructure upgrades and electricity repayments becoming available at their local store.
An $800,000 contract for planning the “co-ordinated master plan” of three major sporting precincts in the City of Karratha is set to be awarded to a Perth-based firm.
City of Karratha councillors have been advised to accept $101,560 in State funding for five automatic numberplate recognition CCTV cameras, despite not having asked for the cash in the first place
Plucking eight litres of molluscs from the Pilbara coast has cost two fishers a pretty penny in court this week.
Members of the public are being urged to have their say on the WA demersal fishing ban as part of a parliamentary inquiry.
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.
Phoebe Solon
A former worker at the Town of Port Hedland has lodged a Fair Work claim against the town in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
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.
Karratha golfer Royce Castano secures a place in the Guinness World Records after completing 867 holes in 24 hours, breaking the previous record of 810 and capping off a remarkable community fundraising effort.
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
Hundreds of Pilbara schoolchildren are learning that healthy food can also taste good, through Foodbank WA’s nom! Schools program.
Dampier’s Conor O’Brien has been awarded life membership of Football West for his more than a decade of dedication to grassroots soccer in the Pilbara.
Karratha, Roebourne and Wickham will come alive during NAIDOC week this year with the City of Karratha having a jam-packed calendar of events set for the 50th year of the celebration.
Two new plug-in hybrid electric cranes are set to be deployed in the Pilbara, marking the first rollout of hybrid cranes in Australia.
Children at Onslow School have meet their occupational therapist in person for the first time after receiving weeks of support through telehealth
A strong contingent of Karratha and Hedland hockey players will head to Perth over the final two weekends of June as part of the Pilbara Krocs squad competing in the annual WA Country Hockey Championships.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development biosecurity officers are urging the Point Samson community to report unusual birds following the recent removal of the Acridotheres tristis.
Karratha Mountain Bike Club’s round 3 racers hit the trails on June 13
A new partnership aimed at building the workforce needed for the clean energy transition is set to create new training opportunities for people in the Pilbara.
Round 7 of the North Pilbara Football League was about more than wins, losses and ladder positions, with clubs across the Pilbara coming together to support Think Mental Health Month.
