The JD Hardie Youth and Community Hub was buzzing with energy on Friday, May 22, as people gathered for the annual Celebrate Hedland event.
Cain Andrews
Celebrate WA
Volunteers who dedicate countless hours to protecting and improving the Hedland community were recognised during Care For Hedland’s National Volunteer Week awards night
Phoebe Solon
Uber has confirmed they are gearing up for an official launch in Hedland.
An innovative training initiative in the Pilbara has allowed local volunteers to compress two years of emergency training into a single nine-day intensive course.
Six riders from Hedland BMX club are now off to the World Championships after attending the Australian National BMX championships in Shepparton from April 16 to 18.
Shire of East Pilbara President Anthony Middleton says the budget doesn’t go far enough to help the communities he represents in the remote Pilbara.
The Pilbara’s best male footballers have been shortlisted for this year’s country championships men’s squad.
Newman and Port Hedland are set to host two of the region’s biggest free community events, bringing together live music, family entertainment and hands-on activities across two weekends of festival fun.
Round five of the North Pilbara Football League, held on May 23, produced a weekend of lopsided results, with several teams delivering powerful statements in the league, reserves and women’s competitions.
Improvements in ear health are at the centre of a new funding commitment for specialist medical support in the Pilbara.
A 34-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences over an alleged domestic violence assault that occurred in South Hedland on May 18.
Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Renaud Mazy has quit the top job after just two years at the beleaguered hospital.
Hannah Cross
A key contractor at the Thunderbird mineral sands mine is out the door, with the WA operation teetering on the brink of financial collapse.
Adrian Rauso
The Wheatbelt has been rocked by tragedy after three young people were killed in two separate crashes in less than 24 hours.
Troy de Ruyter
WA’s iconic Cottesloe Beach is set for a $15 million facelift, following an Albanese Government funding boost.
Joe Spagnolo
Football icon Neale Daniher has died after a public and inspirational fight with motor neurone disease that lasted more than a decade.
Craig O’Donoghue
A Great Southern town has been rocked by the death of a well-known farmer and passionate country football supporter in a horrific crash on Saturday morning.
LISTEN NOW: Behind the White Line dives into the tense turf war following Operation Beech — a sophisticated police sting which stopped 2.4 tonnes of cocaine from reaching the WA coastline.
Female prisoners were allegedly sexually assaulted by male inmates during an out-of-control riot at a WA prison with Paul Papalia refusing to say why details of the event weren’t disclosed to the public.
A report has found WA agricultural land values have fallen 24.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter, but stakeholders says the decline is likely more a reflection of the properties offered than a true devaluation.
Danielle Marsland
Neighbours and passers-by used hoses and frantically checked if anyone was at home when a fire broke out at a property in Wonthella on Wednesday morning.
Sienna Seychell & Sally Q Davies
An ocean rescue is underway for a swimmer in Bunbury’s Koombana Bay.
Craig Duncan
A former State MP has been appointed commissioner of the Shire of Carnarvon after it was plunged into chaos following the shock resignation of its shire president and five councillors almost a month ago.
Manjimup police are calling for public assistance after a hit-and-run crash in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Pemberton has been named among the best towns to visit in Australia, with the Southern Forests destination earning national recognition for its forests, tourism experiences, and strong local identity.
The battle for dominance over the lucrative market has so far focused largely on the key US market, currently accounting for more than half of both Novo’s and Eli Lilly’s respective sales.
Elsa Ohlen
These are the three key areas where Russia’s leader would like to deepen ties and extract concrete pledges.
Emily Williams
Leaders say that they want to hear the honest truth about what’s happening but almost half of executives surveyed said that a lack of honest feedback is their primary concern.
Sophie Caldwell
With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.
Alex Sherman and Zach Vallese
The Mexican cartel responsible for shipping $1 billion worth of cocaine to Australia in late 2022 feared being ripped off by its Australian partners, court documents reveal.
Richard Baker
An independent expert is being called in to manage the future of not-for-profit childcare centre Wind in the Willows in the Town of Bassendean.
Sophie Gannon
A draft Nedlands planning policy aimed at clarifying when a development has ‘substantially commenced’ is set to go before council next week, amid a heated Supreme Court dispute over a Dalkeith build.
The future of space is here in WA with the State having the technology and landscape to help Australia take its place at the forefront of space exploration, says the first astronaut to represent the country.
Get ready, Perth - the heart of Northbridge is set for a major and much-needed transformation.
WA teenagers’ computing skills have plunged to a record low despite their frequent use of devices in schools.
Bethany Hiatt
