Four officers from both the Pilbara and Kimberley districts completed their training this week with each district allocated two drones to deploy locally when they are required.
Alexander Scott
The Karratha Kats remain undefeated after six rounds of the North Pilbara Football League Women’s competition after a crushing victory over Hedland Blazers.
WA Police commissioner Chris Dawson has thrown his weight behind a national push to raise the criminal age of responsibility from 10 to 12.
Sam Jones & Grace Hendry
Darwin’s Amy Hetherington, described as “high energy with a tad of too-much-information”, and Adelaide’s Kel Balnaves, a “punchy and no-nonsense” act are embarking on an eight-gig tour
Tom Zaunmayr
BHP’s plans to recruit 200 new train drivers shows it has no future plans to automate its iron ore rail network in the Pilbara.
Stuart McKinnon
The Dampier Sharks continued their undefeated streak, cruising to victory over the Port Hedland Rovers by 33 points at Colin Matheson Oval on Saturday 13.9 (87) to 8.6 (54).
Elliott Turner
Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan and Transport and Ports Minister Rita Saffioti were on hand on Thursday for the ground-breaking ceremony at the Pilbara town
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A newly elected WA MP has revealed he caught COVID-19 while working overseas — and has warned that the disease is ‘no joke’.
The Cooke Point Recreation Club was built in 1971 but has been abandoned since 2016, and now sits in a vandalised and severely damaged state
Plans to upgrade the airport began two years ago, when councillors approved the appointment of consulting firm JJ Ryan to deliver the draft document at a cost of $99,915.
The West has been given permission by WA’s Supreme Court to broadcast — for a limited time — the most extensive excerpts of the recording of Eric Edgar Cooke’s trial ever heard in public. LISTEN NOW.
Tim Clarke
In part two, WA’s worst killer confesses to shooting lovers Rowena Reeves and Nicholas August in 1963. Rowena revealed she bore the scar of the bullet wound until her death.
Tim Clarke and Joseph Catanzaro
In part three, Cooke reveals how he shot Swanbourne rower Brian Weir. He survived, but Brian’s brother says he was never the same — ‘it was murder’.
An unlicensed driver who killed a Mt Barker legend shortly after snorting methamphetamine at a petrol station has faced the fury of a judge.
Shannon Hampton
Feuding families have been put on notice by an Albany magistrate after two women were sent to prison for a drunken group assault sparked by family tensions.
Kellie Balaam
Local councillors at a major regional centre are under fire for handing themselves a combined $10,000 payment after sacrificing part of their allowances last year.
Michael Traill
A former East Kimberley College student has described his relief after being cleared of criminal involvement in a fire that burnt down a Kununurra school building two years ago.
Staff from town and remote community schools made the trip to the Kimberley’s first Aboriginal educators’ conference at the Dampier Peninsula community over four days from May 17
Richard Goyder is 2021’s West Australian of the Year for his commitment to philanthropy. Now he has called on West Australians to embrace passion and tolerance — and move towards reconciliation.
Kate Emery and Brianna Dugan
Got a great idea for Perth? Think you know how to sell it to the world? Tell us what it is and we’ll make sure it gets heard by the movers and shakers ahead of the crucial ‘Brand Perth’ summit.
Charlotte Elton
A growing number of WA businesses are ramping up their apprenticeship programs to combat skill shortages, with about a third of those surveyed intending to take on more trainees.
Former CBH chairman Wally Newman has been unsuccessful in his bid to return to the board he walked away from 14 months ago amid controversy.
Nearly one-fifth of WA aged care residents have either refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or missed out on jabs administered by the Federal Government’s in-reach clinics, The West can reveal.
A State-wide manhunt is under way for a man who police allege smashed his way through a glass window and several homes in Como, attacking officers and two elderly women in his violent escape.
Sarah Steger
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