The fighting spirit of the Anzacs was alive and well at Windy Ridge Oval on Saturday night for the start of the 2026 North Pilbara Football League season.
Danielle Marsland
Exmouth locals are being urged to back a rebranded event and show the town’s “strength and togetherness” following the devastation wrought on the small community by cyclone Narelle.
Laura Newell
The Karratha Hockey Association has hosted two successful come-and-try events to attract new and returning participants to hockey.
Phoebe Solon
Communities across the West Pilbara came together to commemorate Anzac Day with services, marches and gunfire breakfasts.
Resources giants Woodside and Ro Tinto have tipped $1 million and $1.5m respectively into efforts helping communities affected by cyclone Narelle to pick up the pieces.
Three Pilbara artists, Lisa Goessman, Ana Repullo and Jenna Pickering are in the running for the Jury Art Prize this year.
Cain Andrews
Karratha local and Olympic gold medallist Simone Fountain selected as one of 11 athletes worldwide for induction into International Swimming Hall of Fame
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.
More than 100 community members gathered at Point Samson Boat Harbour to celebrate the launch of a new community fishing program aimed at improving inclusion and connection.
Riders from Karratha Mountain Bike Club take part in Karri Cup mountain bike race
Twelve Indigenous people from across the State have been appointed to the Aboriginal justice advisory committee.
Footy is back, with the North Pilbara Football League season kicking off over the Anzac Day long weekend with matches across the Pilbara
Bullara Station Stay is set to reopen on May 1 despite ex-tropical cyclone Narelle devastating the popular tourist location just a month ago.
An object believed to be part of an American or Chinese rocket launch was spotted streaking across the night sky over North West WA on April 11, sparking much curiosity.
Watering days in Karratha, Roebourne, Dampier, Wickham and Point Samson have been reduced to three days per week.
Opera is coming to Karratha next month with WA born and bred world class Soprano Naomi Johns set to take the stage and give the North West town a taste of the magic of opera.
A record-breaking home sale in Karratha has highlighted the depth of the Pilbara’s housing crisis.
An $11m coral regeneration program to combat the devastating impacts of recent marine heatwaves on WA’s coastline has been launched with a trial at Ningaloo Reef
The Centrals have claimed championship glory in a hard-fought Newman men’s basketball competition grand final, edging out the Ball Breakers in a five-point thriller at the Newman Recreation Centre on March 31.
Communities across the West Pilbara are invited to come together on Saturday, April 25, to commemorate Anzac Day and honour the service and sacrifice of Australian and New Zealand servicemen and women.
Multiple streams of disaster relief have been opened up for individuals and businesses affected by ex-severe tropical cyclone Narelle which devastated Exmouth in late March.
The NPFL 2026 season officially kicks off next week with a blockbuster round 1 schedule coinciding with Anzac Day long weekend
Five Pilbara businesses and organisations will share in $846,700 of Regional Economic Development grants which will fund projects across a diverse range of sectors.
The Pilbara Youth Arts Expo, a week-long celebration of youth creativity, is back this year, bringing together young artists from across the region.
