Each death one too many as Road Safety Commission reveals downward trend in five-year average of road fatalities in the Pilbara.
Cheyanne Enciso
A new study from ECU has revealed the potentially life-threatening risks of bushwalking during summer and which demographic is most at risk.
Sam Jones
Business leaders in the Pilbara have reacted cautiously to the indefinite delay of the opening of WA’s hard border while a local publican described the situation as a “bloody mess.”
Alexander Scott & Mia Burgess
Walking around the world is not how everyone pictures retirement, but that is exactly what a 71-year-old German has spent the past five years doing.
Alexander Scott
Kariyarra, Banyjima woman Sheniese Hall is using her knowledge and her voice in the country’s capital to help create policies that prioritise health equality for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders.
Mia Burgess
The budget for the McGowan government’s Spoilbank Marina project in Port Hedland has blown out to $187.5 million, surpassing the former State Government’s 2012 budget by $35 million.
BHP is set to purchase four new battery-electric locomotives to trial on the company’s WA iron ore rail network.
A 35-year-old Camballin man has been charged with Aggirvated Grieveous Bodily Harm after an incident occured on Wednesday evening in South Hedland.
WA Police have brought three of their highly regarded police officers out of retirement to assist in a three week vaccine push in the region as we head toward’s the state’s Feburary 5 open date.
A remarkable 12 health workers in the North West have been nominated for awards ranging from clinical leadership to the coveted GP of the year
Tom Zaunmayr
A handful of women working in the Pilbara are among the finalists in the running for the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy’s Women in Resources Awards.
The wet season finally greeted Port Hedland on Saturday evening, as a wild dust and thunderstorm hit the town
While youth crime in Hedland may be far from a new issue, police say the spike in crime in town is ‘unexpected’.
A Shark Bay resident and Malgana woman has been named by the Greens as their candidate to take on incumbent Durack MHR Melissa Price at the next Federal Election
Kohbi’s advocacy against bullying, as well as his extensive volunteering and fundraising efforts have earned him a nomination for the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards.
The Kariyarra Aboriginal Corporation’s new 14,000-litre bulk water carrier is the first purpose-built Aboriginal-owned vehicle of its kind.
Pilbara locals pride themselves on how hot the Pilbara is, so this is clearly an important record to have for the next time the Bell Tower Times pokes fun at us for telling people ‘it isn’t hot’ where they are.
Port Hedland local Sam Langford has his eyes set firmly on the future.
Onslow, which has a sign claiming it is the cooler coast on the highway, reached 50.7 degrees at 2.30pm Thursday, equalling the all-time Australian record set by Oodnadatta in 1960
Cheyanne Enciso, Alexander Scott & Tom Zaunmayr
The Bureau of Meteorology recorded the scorching figure at Roebourne Aero just before 12.30pm which has set a new Australian record for the hottest ever January day
Residents in Karratha, Roebourne, Port Hedland and Marble Bar woke to temperatures in excess of 40 degrees by 9am Thursday morning and the mercury only climbed from there
Tom Zaunmayr and Cheyanne Enciso
After a successful debut in 2021, the Follow the Dream drone and robotics program in Newman is set to continue this year, giving students an opportunity to develop their tech skills and expand their horizons.
The Town of Port Hedland have released a draft of a new economic development and tourism strategy that aspires to create more than 5000 new jobs and facilitate 11,600 new residents in the region by 2041.
Upgrades to the entrance road of the Boodarie Strategic Industrial Area in Port Hedland have now been completed
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