Pilbara News

WELLNESSStay calm and yoga

A Karratha yoga teacher is helping health enthusiasts maintain their wellbeing despite coronavirus causing the closure of fitness venues by providing free online classes.

Caitlyn Watts

Archer (4), Mathilde (1) and Cassandra Doyle doing yoga at The Space Karratha.

Home workoutsKeep fit with these easy home workouts

Kate Nuska

Major milestoneCape legend looks back

A Rio Tinto employee reached a significant milestone this year as he celebrated 45 years working at a major port facility in the Pilbara.

Caitlyn Watts

COVID-19 helpTraditional owners in loop

A group of proactive Pilbara Aboriginal leaders have helped establish an emergency response group to deal with the unfolding coronavirus situation.

Caitlyn Watts

Job keeperAid to keep brewery cash flowing

A local brewery is among the hundreds of thousands of employers that could be kept afloat by a Federal Government lifeline amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Caitlyn Watts

Helping handDigital link to bolster counselling

Mission Australia is taking new measures to ensure it can continue to provide essential counselling to the Pilbara community amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Caitlyn Watts

Meeting postponedGlobal mine conference rescheduled

A major global mining and development conference that was set to be held in Karratha this year has been rescheduled because of COVID-19.

Caitlyn Watts

Mining changesMines adapt to avoid risk

Mining giants operating in the Pilbara continue to make drastic changes to fly-in, fly-out rosters to minimise the risk of spreading the deadly coronavirus.

Alexander Scott

Town pulls together in kindness

As the world feels the devastating health, social and economic impacts of COVID-19, local Pilbara residents are uniting to provide hope and support.

Businesses brew means to survive

The Pilbara’s newest brewery is among the swathe of workplaces transforming their services to keep afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Scheme to lure doctors to town

The City of Karratha has pledged a quarter of a million dollars towards a housing subsidy to attract more doctors to town.

Home workoutsGet creative for your fitness

With gyms shutting their doors because of coronavirus, the Pilbara News spoke to trainers in the North West to find out 10 essential exercises to do at home

Alexander Scott

CricketLong-serving vollie earns top honour

A local volunteer has smashed a six after being recognised for her tireless efforts to grow cricket in the Pilbara when she took home one of the sport’s top awards in the State.

Alexander Scott

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Trial of the centuryClaremont trial: Everything you need to know

For so long, so much has been said and written about the Claremont serial killings, but so little was known. Now for the first time, read everything you need to know about the ‘trial of the century’.

The West Australian

SEE THE FULL LISTStirling, Joondalup, Wanneroo WA’s virus hotspots

A new “heat map” released by the WA Health Department shows the Cities of Stirling, Joondalup and Wanneroo as the state’s coronavirus hot spots.

Sarah Steger

WATCH NOWCousins Uncut: Watch the footage too raw for TV

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Cousins opens up on time behind bars, getting king hit as a partying teen and breaking a promise to his young son in unreleased clips from the Brownlow medallist’s Coming Clean doco.

Rourke Walsh

Regional News

JAIL LIKELY‘Low, disgusting act’: Man spits in officers’ faces

“There is not a member of the community who would sanction the behaviour of this lowlife.” Police union boss has his say on Geraldton incident.

Adam Poulsen

Promising signsWA set for record seeding as farmers send sheep east

Farmers in the southern regions are set to allocate more of their land to grain production after a big sell off of sheep to the Eastern States over recent months.

Jenne Brammer

‘False claim’Man told cops he ‘had COVID-19 before escape attempt’

A Bridgetown man who allegedly falsely claimed he had the coronavirus while in police custody has fronted court in WA over a string of charges including aggravated assault and criminal damage.

Shannon Verhagen and Tristan Wheeler

Violence fear as alcohol sales rise

Alcohol sales have soared at the same time experts are predicting rates of domestic violence to increase, as families across the Mid West self-isolate against COVID-19.

Former senior of year Errol Warren Bartlett-Torr jailed

Former WA senior of the year — 86-year-old Errol Warren Bartlett-Torr — has been jailed for five years for sickening sex offences.

WA’s second regional COVID-19 clinic opens in Broome

The clinic will be open every day and treat anyone who has either a fever above 38 degrees or an acute respiratory infection, with the Kimberley region recording 12 cases of the virus.

WA News

FIFO outrageHealth Minister’s warning to miners over FIFO rosters

WA’s Health Minister has called on companies to balance worker wellbeing with keeping jobs as unions rail against new four week on, four week four week off rosters at Woodside and Chevron operations.

Peter de Kruijff

FREO SKIPPER UNDER FIREWA Police to investigate Fyfe over South West surf

Police will investigate whether Fremantle Dockers star Nat Fyfe has breached restrictions by going for a surf in Margaret River.

Peter De Kruijff

Property valuation delays eyed to maintain rate freezes

Property revaluations — set to take place this year as part of the triennial process — should be put on hold so ratepayers are not hit with higher bills despite rate freezes, WALGA says.

The scary cost of super raids and mortgage holidays

Consumer advocacy groups have warned financially stressed Australians against rushing into the Federal Government’s $20,000 superannuation early release scheme. Here’s why ...

Corruption boss’ future in doubt

John McKechnie’s reappointment as the Corruption and Crime Commission boss for another five years is in doubt after Labor and Liberal camps exchange fire.

ManhuntDramatic arrest after alleged shooting spree

Heavily-armed police have arrested a gunman near Ellenbrook after he allegedly fired shots at several cars and made threats with a sawn-off rifle at a business in Bindoon yesterday afternoon.

Rourke Walsh