Karratha Soccer Association is looking to start an adult competition next season after more than 1100 children took part in the league’s junior competitions this year.
Joshua Dowdall
Three Pilbara locals have been recognised among the State’s top vocational education and training achievers at the 2026 WA Training Awards.
Karratha Leisureplex has emerged as the preferred site for a proposed $13.5m water park facility.
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake has been recorded offshore from the Pilbara, around 104km west from Karratha.
Three in four recycling bins inspected throughout Karratha have contained at least one contaminant, with the City of Karratha warning residents may need more support to get their recycling right.
The ripple effect of Men’s Sheds in the Pilbara community has been revealed by new national research.
The Town of Port Hedland has announced a fan favourite aquatic centre will reopen for the season on Saturday, September 26.
Joshua Dowdall and Laura Newell
The Perth Wildcats and Rio Tinto have signed a new three-year agreement as the partnership aims to continue creating opportunities for young people and communities across Western Australia.
An early learning and childcare centre will open its the Karratha community this month, inviting families to discover how the centre supports children during the early stages of their learning and development.
A program supporting school attendance in the West Pilbara has been renewed for three more years, off the back of a renewed partnership between the Waalitj Foundation and Mineral Resources.
Australian comedian Peter Rowsthorn is set to head to Karratha for an night of unforgettable laughs after more than four decades in the entertainment industry.
Construction on a major stormwater drainage project in Onslow has reached the halfway mark, with work now under way on a new ocean outfall.
A 20-year-old South Hedland man has been charged in relation to a series of stealing and burglary incidents in the area, including the alleged theft of an 11-week-old puppy.
Pannawonica welcomed competitors and spectators from across the Pilbara and WA when the Robe River Rodeo & Campdraft returned for five days of competition, entertainment and community spirit.
A young couple in Newman have turned an underperforming coffee store into one of the franchise’s top performers, fuelled by their commitment to give back to the community.
It was a day of celebration for the Karratha Falcons, with the league side defeating the Karratha Kats by 28 points, 10.9 (69) to 5.11 (41) ending a 16-year premiership drought.
Pilbara businesses have the chance to connect directly with resource operators and industry leaders in Newman at the 2026 Pilbara Supplier Summit.
Three Pilbara artists will share $150,000 to create new artworks as part of a $691,060 investment in Aboriginal arts across regional Western Australia.
Phoebe Solon
The clash between a handful of cops and a group of people in Karratha was filmed on Tuesday morning.
Ben Harvey and Caleb Runciman
The Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association of WA has invited people to dress in red on September 16 as part of Rural and Remote Education Day.
Karratha music fans will be taken back to the 1980s when INXS tribute band KICK performs at The Tambrey next month.
Hedland Senior High School will once again participate in the 2026 Minister’s Innovation Challenge, with the competition running for its fifth consecutive year.
The City of Karratha has opened nominations for its 2027 Community Citizen of the Year Awards, with the winners to be announced at a ceremony in January.
A Mandurah local Bertie Anderson has quit his former day job as a truck driver and supervisor on a Pilbara mine site to pursue his passion for music.
