The Shire of East Pilbara has paid its respects to long time member and stalwart of the Newman community, Anita Grace who passed away over the weekend.
Alexander Scott
Dampier Sharks outclassed Karratha Falcons in round 14 of the North Pilbara Football League women’s competition at Bulgarra Oval on August 12.
A fourth-quarter blitz from Dampier Sharks powered the reigning premiers home against the Karratha Falcons in the penultimate round of the North Pilbara Football League.
About 500 runners put on their running shoes and descended on Port Hedland for the inaugural Ship to Shore fun run at Cemetery Beach Park.
The return of the East Pilbara’s favourite festival will have a fresh twist, with the event to feature the first ice skating rink in Newman.
Findings from a report into the suicide of a woman at Hedland Health Campus — who was left alone inside the facility despite being a known suicide risk — in June won’t be made public, it’s been revealed.
Sam Jones
Fisheries officers in the North West discovered 19 fisheries offences in the Port Hedland area in a four-day targeted operation last month.
Police officers from across the State have completed an 800km bike ride from Karratha to Broome to raise money for fallen members of the ‘blue family’.
Jane Murphy & Alexander Scott
A petition calling for Australia’s criminal age of responsibility to be raised from 10 to 14 years old has garnered more than 200,000 signatures before being submitted to the attorneys-general.
New REIWA data shows a big increase in house prices in two holiday regions, driven by a dire shortage of rentals and a desire for a lifestyle change.
Raquel de Brito
A study looking at tiny crystals in rocks from the Earth’s crust in the Pilbara has revealed continents were formed from giant meteorite impacts during Earth’s first billion years.
A fly-in, fly-out worker has described his horror after the plane taking him from Perth to Port Hedland was hit by lightning.
As the Pilbara and Gascoyne regions prepare for a once in a lifetime solar eclipse, one shire will be supported by about $21 million in State Government funds while another has been left in the dust
Passengers travelling to Port Hedland onboard a Qantas flight have had their plans delayed after their plane was struck by a bolt of lightning.
Any argument for Labor running a candidate in the North West Central by-election was laid to rest the moment Alannah MacTiernan suggested foot-and-mouth disease could drive down the price of meat and milk.
Josh Zimmerman
Rising costs, worker shortages and disrupted supply chains are savaging Pilbara businesses, according to a survey conducted by WA’s peak business body.
The Karratha Kats thrashed Wickham Wolves in round 13 of the North Pilbara Football League Women’s season.
The Dampier Sharks obliterated Port Hedland Rovers in a 179-point walloping powered by 13 individual goal scorers in the latest round of the North Pilbara Football League.
Perth’s Daniel Hartigan drove a perfect performance to claim the win in the City of Karratha Sprintcar Stampede with a margin of 2.794 seconds.
Karratha’s Abbygail Bushby’s stellar football year has been recognised with the AFLW draftee taking out Swan Districts’ top gong for a female player.
Calls by the State’s Defence Industry Minister to increase defence personnel in the Pilbara come have been backed by a local Pilbara council.
Alexander Scott and Peter Law
The Pilbara’s Great Northern Highway between Newman and Port Hedland has been named as one of the top 10 risky roads in regional WA.
Residents and travellers in the Kimberley are being urged to take extra precautions to avoid mosquito bites after a case of the deadly Murray Valley encephalitis was reported — the first in WA since 2018.
Work has started on the $48.9 million upgrade of the Pundulmurra TAFE in South Hedland which will see the trades training activities relocated from the annex to the main campus.
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