Laura Newell

Plucking eight litres of molluscs from the Pilbara coast has cost two fishers a pretty penny in court this week.

An $800,000 contract for planning the “co-ordinated master plan” of three major sporting precincts in the City of Karratha is set to be awarded to a Perth-based firm.

The Shire of Broome will be throwing the third and final Eat Street Chinatown bash, from 5.30pm on Friday.

Last week Megan French hit Perth’s most Instagrammable cafe. This week, Laura Newell typically has the opposite rule: If it’s the hottest thing, it’s the last place you’ll find her. This spot changed her mind.

One Arm Point Remote Community School will be one of five more primary schools across WA to offer free, optional, full-time kindergarten in 2027.

After weeks of back-and-forth, the City of Karratha council has finally passed its 2026-27 budget, opting to approve a 3 per cent rates rise for residents.

A subsidiary of Monadelphous has won a contract to reconstruct the Utah Ring Road at Port Hedland.

Improved pedestrian accessibility, landscaping, public art and enhanced lighting and safety are all part of a newly approved $4.77 million plan to “activate” South Hedland Town Centre.

Town of Port Hedland councillors unanimously agreed to move ahead with the plan to “transform South Hedland Square, particularly Wise Terrace and the Square, into a vibrant, people-focused town centre”.

With a steaming bowl of absolutely delicious pasta in front of us and a can’t-be-beaten view of the setting sun, we definitely aren’t sorry we took a punt on Tom’s Italian.