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  1. Colour coupCommentsPremiumGold hue could push Pilbara oysters into limelight

  2. Fit-for-purposeCommentsPremiumBusso, Exmouth quarantine hubs ‘make sense’: McGowan

  3. Power of positivityCommentsPremiumHow a festival hopes to change Roebourne’s image

  4. Toe holdPremiumMinRes takes stake in West Pilbara project

  5. Room for allComments430-bed Port Hedland property hits the market

Island lifeCommentsPremiumWhat to expect from Dampier’s new luxury cruises

Pilbara hospitality magnate Sean Throssell will launch a new dining venture with luxury cruises off the Dampier coastline this month.

Alexander Scott

Community-based orderCommentsPremiumKarratha Tav TV smasher blames ‘abuse’, stress

The court heard on January 9 about 12.30am, the 37-year-old was walking towards parked taxis outside of the Evolutions lounge while carrying a glass bottle.

Alexander Scott

Nature healsCommentsPremiumPassion on show for Tracey’s Pilbara bird tours

Heimberger’s love of birds is evident from the get-go: it is a passion born from grief and loss, and a hobby she has worked tirelessly to turn into a business in the past few years

Tom Zaunmayr

‘It’s no joke’WA MP caught COVID-19 month before election

A newly elected WA MP has revealed he caught COVID-19 while working overseas — and has warned that the disease is ‘no joke’.

Charlotte Elton

On the buttonCommentsPremium‘Wellness machines’ offer FIFOs essential oils, diaries

It isn’t your typical vending machine — boasting essential oils, meditations and diaries — but they could soon be dotted across remote WA mine site’s to offer support to the State’s toughest FIFOs.

Caitlyn Rintoul

play spoiledCommentsPremiumVandals target park in heart of Roebourne

Andover Park has become a hub for community members to gather with elders using it to meet and yarn.

Alexander Scott

Eye in the skyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNew police drones to hit the North West skies

Four officers from both the Pilbara and Kimberley districts completed their training this week with each district allocated two drones to deploy locally when they are required.

Green hitPremiumPremiumConservation groups smash Scarborough gas plan

The Conservation Council of WA and the Australia Institute cite new research saying new project will generate carbon emissions ‘equal to 15 new power stations’.

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Gulf trade-offComments
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CommentsExmouth Gulf too precious to ‘unlock’ for port

It’s simply an unnecessary trade-off; Exmouth doesn’t need the port to get the new infrastructure it deserves, writes the Protect Ningaloo director

Colour coupCommentsPremiumGold hue could push Pilbara oysters into limelight

The unique colour has been revealed as the trial partners push to have some product ready in time for Christmas

Tom Zaunmayr

‘It’s no joke’WA MP caught COVID-19 month before election

A newly elected WA MP has revealed he caught COVID-19 while working overseas — and has warned that the disease is ‘no joke’.

Charlotte Elton

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PART ONEVideoPremiumEric Edgar Cooke: WA’s worst killer, in his own words

The West has been given permission by WA’s Supreme Court to broadcast — for a limited time — the most extensive excerpts of the recording of Eric Edgar Cooke’s trial ever heard in public. LISTEN NOW.

Tim Clarke

Eric Edgar Cooke audio filesVideoPremiumCooke recalls details only a guilty man could know

In part two, WA’s worst killer confesses to shooting lovers Rowena Reeves and Nicholas August in 1963. Rowena revealed she bore the scar of the bullet wound until her death.

Tim Clarke and Joseph Catanzaro

Eric Edgar Cooke audio filesVideoPremium‘I stepped back, aimed the rifle and shot him, sir’

In part three, Cooke reveals how he shot Swanbourne rower Brian Weir. He survived, but Brian’s brother says he was never the same — ‘it was murder’.

Tim Clarke

Regional News

Drug drivingPremium‘Selfish act’ that killed a local hero

An unlicensed driver who killed a Mt Barker legend shortly after snorting methamphetamine at a petrol station has faced the fury of a judge.

Shannon Hampton

Line drawnPremiumWomen jailed for ‘family feud’ attack

Feuding families have been put on notice by an Albany magistrate after two women were sent to prison for a drunken group assault sparked by family tensions.

Kellie Balaam

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Albany defends $10k ‘COVID’ payment for councillors

Local councillors at a major regional centre are under fire for handing themselves a combined $10,000 payment after sacrificing part of their allowances last year.

Michael Traill

Not guiltyPremiumPremiumEx-student not guilty of East Kimberley College fire

A former East Kimberley College student has described his relief after being cleared of criminal involvement in a fire that burnt down a Kununurra school building two years ago.

Eye in the skyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNew police drones to hit the North West skies

Four officers from both the Pilbara and Kimberley districts completed their training this week with each district allocated two drones to deploy locally when they are required.

Outback educationCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumIndigenous educators gather for remote Kimberley forum

Staff from town and remote community schools made the trip to the Kimberley’s first Aboriginal educators’ conference at the Dampier Peninsula community over four days from May 17

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2021 honour rollCommentsTelethon chair Richard Goyder named top West Aussie

Richard Goyder is 2021’s West Australian of the Year for his commitment to philanthropy. Now he has called on West Australians to embrace passion and tolerance — and move towards reconciliation.

Kate Emery and Brianna Dugan

Have your sayCommentsTell us how you would sell Perth to the world

Got a great idea for Perth? Think you know how to sell it to the world? Tell us what it is and we’ll make sure it gets heard by the movers and shakers ahead of the crucial ‘Brand Perth’ summit.

Charlotte Elton

Skills shortagePremiumPremiumBusinesses boost apprentice programs to fill skill gaps

A growing number of WA businesses are ramping up their apprenticeship programs to combat skill shortages, with about a third of those surveyed intending to take on more trainees.

CBH electionsPremiumPremiumWally Newman fails in attempt to return to CBH board

Former CBH chairman Wally Newman has been unsuccessful in his bid to return to the board he walked away from 14 months ago amid controversy.

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COVID-19 vaccinationsCommentsPremium
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CommentsPremiumAged care vaccine refusal hinders WA roll-out

Nearly one-fifth of WA aged care residents have either refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or missed out on jabs administered by the Federal Government’s in-reach clinics, The West can reveal.

Most wantedVideoCops reveal incredible vision of Perth foot chase

A State-wide manhunt is under way for a man who police allege smashed his way through a glass window and several homes in Como, attacking officers and two elderly women in his violent escape.

Sarah Steger