The Shire of East Pilbara has warned the recent $32m State Government investment in the Newman Light Industrial Area will not fully address the land constraints facing the region.
Cain Andrews
A stage adaptation of a beloved Western Australian illustrator’s children’s story is heading to the Pilbara.
Danielle Marsland
Students at Hedland Senior High School have been preparing for future employment over the past year, learning how to fly drones and operate emerging technology through a partnership with Fortescue.
Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis will headline this year’s Hedland Sustainable Living Show Day with a pack day of workshops, expert talks and family-friendly activities to promoting sustainable living
Phoebe Solon
The State Government has pledged to splash another $75.2m on housing in Hedland in addition to its promise of 195 GROH homes for the town.
Laura Newell
The Port Hedland Rovers women’s team has begun its 2026 season with a new captaincy duo at its helm.
On Friday, May 1, around 100 people gathered in Port Hedland to walk a route honouring the courage and leadership of Aboriginal pastoral workers who walked off Pilbara stations in 1946.
Danielle Marsland and Phoebe Solon
A man who was attacked by a crocodile while swimming in a popular lake in WA’s north has been transferred to Royal Perth Hospital for treatment.
Claire Sadler
Seven individuals have been charged with 33 offences as part of a police operation in Newman targeting “volume crime”, including burglaries and the theft of motor vehicles.
The Town of Port Hedland will join the Australian Mining Cities Alliance.
While residents will not see their rates rise this year, businesses, fifo camps, pastoral leases and miners will all cop increases.
The Town of Port Hedland council has frozen planned fee hikes for waste and facility hire fees for sports groups while a review of the costs is undertaken.
Port Hedland’s 61-year-old Observation Tower is set to be restored and reopened at an estimated cost of up to $1.2 million.
Port Hedland will light up blue this May as part of Lung Health Awareness Month, with the Great Northern Highway Lumsden Interchange set to shine on May 13.
Students from pre-primary to Year 6 at Newman Primary School took part in a 30-minute Boogie Bounce session in an event designed to get the whole school moving.
Always Good Nights events come to a close with performance from Perth band South Summit
Sixteen industrial lots are set to be delivered in Newman as part of a $32m investment in Newman Light Industrial Area in the upcoming 2026-27 State Budget.
Hundreds gathered for the Anzac memorial in Port Hedland to honour Australian and New Zealand service members who have fought and died in conflicts around the world
Councillor-elect Adrian McRae has confirmed he intends to challenge the result of the Port Hedland local election in the Court of Disputed Returns.
Three Pilbara artists, Lisa Goessman, Ana Repullo and Jenna Pickering are in the running for the Jury Art Prize this year.
The defamation suit brought by former Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter against former Port Hedland mayor and councillor Camilo Blanco has been discontinued as of April 10.
Regional flight links connecting the Mid West, Pilbara and the Kimberley will continue to be funded in the upcoming 2026-27 State Budget to be handed down on May 7.
Twelve Indigenous people from across the State have been appointed to the Aboriginal justice advisory committee.
The Port Hedland Rovers will start their season this long weekend with derby games against the South Hedland Swans.
