Fixtures for the 2026 North Pilbara Football League season have been released with some blockbuster clashes set for the opening round come April.
Cain Andrews
Brita Brundin, founder of meal service Chef For You, is supplying affordable, home-cooked food to working families across the Pilbara
Phoebe Solon
A collaboration in Newman helping to boost early childhood literacy though puppetry, songs and interactive activities will continue in 2026 after a successful launch last year.
The State Government will provide $1.78 million to build four new dwellings for Murujuga National Park rangers.
A group of boys from the Onslow community have gained experience in conservation through a turtle monitoring camp on Thevenard Island.
Regional leaders have shared their plans for the new year.
Australia Day in Karratha
Communities across the Pilbara region are enduring a prolonged heatwave, with temperatures climbing into the mid-40s and little relief forecast in the coming days
The Heeler family’s live stage spectacular is heading to the Pilbara for the first time, with giant puppets and interactive fun at the Red Earth Arts Precinct in March.
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The Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce and Industry is preparing for a big year in 2026, launching new advocacy programs to tackle liveability issues while capitalising on a surge in industrial growth.
Pilbara brothers compete in Duvedoppet swimming compertition in Sweden
Australian music heavyweights Ella Hooper of Killing Heidi fame and multi‑award winning artist Christine Anu will headline Port Hedland’s Always Good Nights this year in the event’s biggest line-up yet.
Roebourne’s Yaandina Community Services is being held up as a leading model for culturally secure, place-based aged care as landmark reforms to the sector rollout nationwide.
Police are on the hunt for a driver as they investigate a suspected hit and run which left a man was serious injuries in the Pilbara.
Caleb Runciman
South Hedland detectives are calling for the public information as they investigate a series of scrub fires.
A lack of available and affordable rental housing in the Pilbara has forced not-for-profit group the Y WA to buy residential property in Karratha to overcome staffing shortages.
Cain Andrews and Phoebe Solon
People in parts of the State are set to swelter through intense heat, prompting a fresh warning from authorities.
Hundreds of Pilbara residents are gaining new skills and re-entering the workforce through BHP’s Future of Work Program.
While former Port Hedland Councillor Camilo Blanco has said he will run in the upcoming election despite Government advice that he would be ineligible, who else from the dismissed council is set to run again?
The Town of Port Hedland will hold a postal election on March 28 to elect all nine council positions to replace the commission installed at the local government authority in early September 2025.
The St John Academy, a leadership, health and wellbeing program for 12 to 17-year-olds, is expanding to Paraburdoo after a successful run in 2025.
North West AFL stars Callum Ah Chee and Lawson Humphries have joined the WA squad for the upcoming AFL Origin match against Victoria at Optus Stadium on February 14.
The three geologists who unearthed one of the greatest finds in WA gold history share a compelling story that could become even rarer if Australia loses its lead in earth science studies.
Simone Grogan
Australian rules football continues to go from strength to strength in the Pilbara
