A HAZMAT fire in WA’s north emitting potentially toxic fumes has been contained.
Natasha Clark
A mining economist says the Yindjibarndi’s unique ownership of their Pilbara land should see Andrew Forrest’s iron ore miner pay a bigger royalty.
Sean Smith
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
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
Marapikurrinya Park will now feature a handful of local cuisine pop-ups, thanks to a collaboration between the Town of Port Hedland and BHP.
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.
Bethany Hiatt and Laura Newell
Students at Nullagine Primary School will be the first to take part in Awesome Arts Creative Challenge for 2024.
The Aboriginal land trust will receive 8ha of land — situated between Broome and Port Hedland — for the benefit of the traditional owners, the Nyangumarta people.
Among the worries raised by officials and councillors with the Department of Local Government during a visit in February were several relating directly to council meetings.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned clothing franchise Urban Rampage from charging customers through its Centrepay accounts.
More than 400 people tuned in online to see the outcome of a vote of no-confidence in newly elected Hedland Councillor Adrian McRae last week.
Laura Newell
Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy plays his 100th game in Saturday night’s Optus Stadium clash with the Western Bulldogs. So ahead of his milestone night, The West Australian has ranked all 99 of them.
Jackson Barrett
Anglo American has told BHP it needs to fork out more if it wants the British mining giant’s prized copper mines.
Adrian Rauso
The massive gold operation that claimed its second life in the space of 18 months — and WA’s first mine site death of 2024 — has fallen foul of the safety regulator 10 times in the past two years.
Leading Pinjarra trainer Brett Pope is expected to appeal what he says is an ‘excessive’ sanction for an administrative error after the euthanasia of 15 horses.
Hayden King
The luxury mansion approved by the local shire for Perth inventor Mataki Lim would be the most expensive building in WA.
West Coast coach Adam Simpson says he hopes his flying midfield can maintain its dominant clearance form without teenage star Harley Reid.
Mitchell Woodcock
A woman has been taken to hospital after a reported chemical spill east of Perth.
People in the southern part of Walpole Wilderness Area have been told to flee as an out of control bushfire, believed to be deliberately lit, threatens lives and homes about 50km west of Denmark.
Tens of thousands of West Australians have gathered to honour the courage and sacrifice of the Anzacs at a moving dawn service at Kings Park on Thursday morning.
The multimillion-dollar project to bring more industrial lots to Kalgoorlie-Boulder has reinvigorated the case for building a transport facility and rerouting freight trains, the city’s mayor says.
Anneke de Boer
Goldfields locals are being encouraged to stop walking past their local history and heritage and instead pop their heads in to learn more about their region
Tegan Guthrie
A group of aviators has reconstructed a photograph captured in the Goldfields more than 60 years ago.
Carwyn Monck
Racking up 50 years service on the police force is no regular feat, but for newly promoted Sgt Karl Rep, it is something he was determined to achieve.
Two new childcare development proposals were given the green light at this week’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder council meeting, offering more than 100 additional day care spots to help meet demand in the community.
Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis announced an $8.6 million drought-assistance package, but farmers are concerned that will only ‘touch the edges’.
Jenny Woo makes $142,000 a month from Amazon alone, now she’s revealed what not to do when embarking on a side hustle.
Jenny Woo
The French town of Saint-Amand-Montrond is selling a 77sqm for €1. It’s a two-level house with two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms ... but there’s a catch.
Celia Fernandez
Tesla kicks off tech earnings with its stock at its lowest point since early 2023. Meta, Apple and Microsoft report later this week and each company faces its own set of concerns.
Hayden Field
The cities that perform well on the list have also developed initiatives that cater to their citizens’ overall quality of life. And one Australian city came in third!
Ernestine Siu
Peak flu season looks set to coincide with what appears to be a new COVID wave, spelling double jeopardy for the elderly and other vulnerable West Australians.
John Flint
It takes a village to raise a family, so the saying goes. It’s a phrase that has come into popularity, I think, because there are so few villages nowadays.
Casey Lister
For the past six months, Laurel Green has been in the United States, separated from her newlywed husband and friends in Perth, amid a protracted immigration process.
They aren’t members of an outlaw motorcycle gang, but they ride through the streets like they own them. A group of youths who were accused of terrorising the northern suburbs last year are back.
Can the hospitality gurus behind some of Perth’s most popular venues revive the city’s most high profile white elephant, Yagan Square? Simon Collins goes inside the high-risk, high-cost plan.
A WA father and son who were recruited to take part in one of the biggest heroin smuggling operations in WA history tried to fool police by feeding them a story about their involvement in a bid to avoid arrest.
Emily Moulton