Pilbara News

funding announcedHedland Senior School to receive $15m facelift

A host of upgrades and renovations are in store for Hedland Senior High School after the State Government today announced $15 million would be put into much needed upgrades.

Sam Jones

Hedland Senior High School will receive a $15 million facelift

Arson arrestsThree males charged over string of Hedland fires

Sam Jones

Recycling schemeContainers for Change scheme start pushed back

The eagerly anticipated Containers for Change program has a new launch date after the initial start date was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Alexander Scott

Food securityFood for needy

Community organisations in Roebourne have banded together for a food security project to support people living in the region during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Caitlyn Watts

Pubs reopenRaise a glass to pubs’ return

It’s all smiles for pubs and restaurants in the Pilbara, with venues able to serve customers a well-deserved pint.

Alexander Scott

Two-for-one pintsTwo-for-one to boost pubs

A Karratha tavern is among the many venues countrywide taking part in an initiative involving the donation of 200,000 pints of beer from one of Australia’s leading breweries.

Caitlyn Watts

Bar assaultMan denies club punch

A 29-year-old Pegs Creek man has denied assaulting a staff member at a Karratha nightclub in February and leaving him with a badly broken nose.

Caitlyn Watts

Redress schemeCity backs redress scheme involvement

The City of Karratha has agreed to take part in the National Redress Scheme as part of the State Government’s response.

Alexander Scott

Funds to aid heritage protection

Several Aboriginal not-for-profit groups in the Pilbara have received State Government funding to help preserve and promote heritage sites in the region.

Drugs land man in jail

A Karratha man has been jailed for supplying and selling drugs, including cannabis and methylamphetamine.

New jetty fisher friendly

A 150m-long jetty will be built at the picturesque Point Samson as part of a major facelift for the popular destination.

Attack chargesPartner denies attack charges

A Pilbara man facing a string of abuse charges has denied raping, attacking and threatening to kill his partner in their Onslow home.

Alexander Scott

Fresh artworkStudents’ artwork adorns panels of new bus shelter

Students have decorated a bus shelter in between a Karratha high school and sports facility with their interpretation of the Karratha environment.

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

ExclusiveSt John using baby monitors to spy on ambos at work

WA paramedics say they are shocked to discover St John Ambulance is secretly monitoring them at work, with some finding listening devices hidden in mattresses in their rest areas.

Ben Harvey

Taken too soonDad’s heartbreak: Best friends killed in crash revealed

Family members have paid tribute to two Perth women killed in a horror crash on Friday, one a newlywed and the other a talented physiotherapist — friends whose futures were destroyed in an instant.

Bethany Hiatt and Danella Bevis

Regional News

Cash injectionCheaper power on the horizon for remote communities

More affordable electricity could be on the horizon for Indigenous communities across regional WA as the Federal Government injects almost $20 million into local off-grid energy supplies.

Sarah Ison

Shock arrestsAboriginal Legal Service lawyers charged by police

A pair of lawyers who work together in Broome were today arrested for alleged unlawful conduct relating to a number of court cases in the Kimberley.

Jakeb Waddell and Carly Laden

asymptomatic testingKBCHS one of 40 WA schools selected for DETECT program

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School is one of 40 schools invited to participate in both the asymptomatic testing study and the psychosocial survey as part of the DETECT Schools program.

Phoebe Pin

Kimberley border expected to reopen Friday

It would mean travellers could now roam anywhere within WA, with the exception of Indigenous communities.

Direct Derby flights still on cards

The town would have been in the midst of a 12-month trial of flights between the two destinations.

Rio rock shelter blast exposes social risks for miners

Explosions that damaged a 40,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site in the Pilbara are focusing investor concern on the growing reputational risk companies face from social issues.

WA News

Bonus PodcastRemembering Jane: Tragic anniversary as trial end nears

On Monday Bradley Robert Edwards’ murder trial re-starts as the end of WA’s trial of the century nears its conclusion. Sadly, Monday also marks the anniversary of one his alleged victim’s deaths.

ExclusiveTop WA cop in job probe quits amid investigation

Inspector Mike Green was a director of the WA Police Union before he resigned in April, ending a 34-year career amid an investigation that he used his position to get a job for someone he knew.

Ben Harvey, Phil Hickey and Peter Law

How Perth’s best eateries are celebrating this weekend

The chairs are down, cutlery is polished and the wine is chilled. Perth’s top restaurants are in a state of excitement and celebrating with innovative menus and hot deals, despite new rules.

Praise for ambos after baby Anthony born ‘on the road’

For proud parents Kiara Cutmore and Matt Branch-Smith, driving through Gidgegannup will forever carry special memories after their son was born in the back of an ambulance in the Perth Hills.

WA lawyer’s fight for life after round-the-world race

Former West Coast powerbroker and lawyer Rob McKenzie became tangled in a cat-and-mouse chase around the world while trying to escape the coronavirus pandemic, only to end up in intensive care.

ExclusivePrincipal’s job up in smoke for growing weed

A wheelchair-bound Goldfields principal and former Paralympian has today lost his right to teach after being convicted for growing cannabis plants and stealing.

Bethany Hiatt