The Karratha Kats roared to a dominant victory under the Friday night lights, dismantling the Dampier Sharks in front of a fired-up home crowd at Windy Ridge Oval for round nine of the league season.
Madelin Hayes
Hedland Senior High School was alive with creativity as students took to the stage — and the gallery walls — for the school’s much-anticipated biannual arts showcase.
Cries of disapproval erupted at the Port Hedland ordinary council meeting on June 25 after mayor Peter Carter declined to back a motion to begin recruiting a new chief executive.
Cain Andrews
Town of Port Hedland councillor Adrian McRae has publicly apologised after being found to have breached local government conduct regulations over comments made during a 2022 radio interview.
The Pilbara Krocs have returned home as division three champions after an undefeated run at the Country Week Hockey Championships in Perth from June 20–22.
Building on the success of its 2024 pilot, the Town of Port Hedland, in partnership with Care for Hedland, has launched the 2025 Food Waste Diversion Program.
Town of Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter and Shire of East Pilbara president Anthony Middleton have weighed in on the State Budget.
Port Hedland is set to preserve heritage by naming roads in tribute of the people and stories that helped shape the town’s identity.
With three children on National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) plans, parents Stacey and Mark Anderson are among many regional Australian families bracing for major disruption
A new partnership between Rio Tinto and the Pilbara Aboriginal Health Alliance (PAHA) is set to transform healthcare access for Aboriginal people in the Pilbara
Australia’s most prolific iron ore miner and the country’s richest person have agreed to invest more than $2 billion to keep the Hope Downs mining operation alive.
Adrian Rauso
A childhood accident may have sparked Byron Klein’s journey into optometry, but it’s his commitment to community that earned Hedland Eye Care the highest accolade at the Port Hedland Business Awards.
The Pilbara Krocs made a strong impression at this year’s country week in Perth, sending two determined women’s hockey teams to the tournament, reaching both the division two and division five grand finals.
Port Hedland councillors have voted to hold an extraordinary election on August 23 but failed to secure the funding required, leaving the decision for the next ordinary council meeting.
When Imelda Yukenbarri Gugaman paints, she is passing on stories from her mother, with each brush stroke telling the tales of her country.
Port Hedland was bursting with energy at the McGregor Street Soccer Fields as eager players gathered for the 2025 Junior Soccer North West Championships.
Budding entrepreneurs in Hedland have a chance to turn their business ideas into a reality with the launch of a new competition offering a $20,000 prize to support local innovation.
An innovative STEM education program is receiving a major boost, thanks to some of WA’s biggest players in the resources sector.
Millions of extra funds will be put into a range of regional infrastructure projects to see them completed, the State Budget has revealed.
Oliver Lane
Outback Beef has once again proven it’s more than just a small-town success story, taking home two major accolades at the 2025 Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Excellence Awards.
Natasha Clark
The Karratha Kats came out clawing, overpowering the Wickham Wolves in a statement win in round seven of the North Pilbara Football League at the weekend.
South Hedland came alive at the weekend as hundreds of spectators gathered at Faye Gladstone Pavilion to see some of the region’s fiercest netball rivalries play out at the 2025 North West Championships.
Vicky Pellowe fell through ‘every crack possible’ as she navigated the first few months of motherhood, resulting in a postnatal depression diagnosis when her daughter was five months old.
Rhianna Mitchell
A mobile CT scan could be the key to early detection of life-threatening diseases in regional patients, who currently have to wait weeks or travel to Perth for a screening.
Claire Sadler
