Less than a month after his bizarre Russian TV appearance, newly elected Port Hedland councillor Adrian McRae will be facing a motion of no confidence at the upcoming special meeting of council on Monday.
Katya Minns
Natasha Clark
With the North Pilbara Women’s Football League just around the corner, the clubs are keen to hit the ground running for an action-packed 2024 season.
Police have charged former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders with new offences as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged child sexual abuse.
Phil Hickey and Natasha Clark
Bankwest branches across the Pilbara are set to close by the end of June, leaving some of the State’s most vulnerable without reliable banking access.
Cain Andrews
The operators of Cossack have hit back after the State Government claimed their proposal was ‘outside’ of the scope of their vision for the town.
Jake Dietsch
Port Hedland locals will now be able to reach their destination faster and more safely via a new 32-metre road-over-rail bridge at Port Hedland’s Nelson Point main level crossing.
A bushfire emergency is unfolding in WA’s north, with residents being urged to evacuate as an unpredictable blaze takes hold.
Hannah Cross
Teachers across the Pilbara were set to down tools on Tuesday over pay and conditions with many urged to travel to Karratha to rally for their cause.
Marapikurrinya Park will now feature a handful of local cuisine pop-ups, thanks to a collaboration between the Town of Port Hedland and BHP.
In a significant development for WA’s busiest port, Mineral Resources and Pilbara Minerals have signed agreements to develop the new Lumsden Point facility at Port Hedland.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has declared a total fire ban in Port Hedland for April 18.
A high-profile defamation lawyer representing Linda Reynolds has been fined heftily for professional misconduct after airing protected health information.
Claire Sadler
Michael Victor Harrison had been accused of murdering a 49-year-old man inside a Fremantle social housing complex.
Emily Moulton
The 38-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered in Broadwater has been remembered as a ‘loving mother’ as her two alleged killers front court for the first time.
Oliver Lane, Sean Van Der Wielen and Caleb Runciman
The much-vaunted Rising Stars 2024 report by Canstar and Hotspotting ranks includes ten Perth suburbs in the list of 110 rising stars around the nation.
Kim Macdonald
Police have launched a major operation cracking down on motorcycle safety after a tragic spate of fatal crashes — with motorcyclists now representing almost half of those killed on WA roads so far this year.
Shannon Hampton and Phil Hickey
Police claim the 37-year-old drove at police cars, mounted footpaths, went through bollards and hit a garden brick wall.
Lauren Price
Three men who carried out a violent home invasion, in which they bashed and robbed a grandmother while her husband was bound, are still on the run. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
A 10-year-old Indigenous boy has taken his own life while in the care of the State Government.
More attention is needed to support mothers at the women’s prison unit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, an inspection review has found.
Anneke de Boer
Busselton councillors have voted on a motion which could make certain fishing practices illegal off the Busselton Jetty.
Oliver Lane
The owner of a now-defunct cafe has been fined after he refused to pay for staff insurance and an at-work injury claim.
Holly Prentice
The Kalgoorlie CBD playground which opened a few months ago as part of a $16 million redevelopment project has been temporarily closed for “routine maintenance”.
A young teenage girl who had a stolen backyard table in her bedroom and stole a bag of lollies from an IGA store has received a good behaviour bond.
A project has begun to reduce the number of feral goldfish in the Vasse River, and the community is being encouraged to help.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal.
Jeff Cox
People with more money than their peers often ask you to transfer comically small amounts of money.
Aditi Shrikant
A majority of workers know the feeling of wanting to retract an email right after they’ve sent it, and the youngest professionals are the most likely to feel email regret.
Jennifer Liu
Oil prices could soar to $US100 per barrel and beyond, said market watchers, after Iran mounted an aerial attack against Israel reigniting fears of a regional war.
Lee Ying Shan
Education Minister Tony Buti has made a last minute ‘plea’ to teachers not to strike on Tuesday — saying at the very least education support schools need to remain open.
Joe Spagnolo
A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening staff and shooting up a remote bush pub.
Nathan Schmidt
A 41-year-old man has been charged with 17 offences after allegedly discharging a rifle inside a small country town pub in an incident Premier Roger Cook has labelled ‘very distressing’.
Swimming lessons will become even more important for WA kids with the Education Department devoting a new school to the delivery of water safety programs.
Cold conditions could prove to be a washout for the school holiday makers despite “unbelievable” warmth in the West.
A 41-year-old woman who stole $78,650 while working as an office manager for the father of her children and his parents has been sentenced to a jail term of almost two years.
Rebecca Le May