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With nearly half of Australia's mining tyre waste generated in WA's Pilbara region, the focus is turning to how they can be recycled locally.   

WA police write a second letter to the state's director of liquor licensing, Lanie Chopping, urging her to consider widespread liquor restrictions, according to documents obtained by the ABC under freedom of information laws. 

The Director of Liquor Licensing announces the sale of takeaway alcohol in the Kimberley town of Derby will be banned each Sunday and Monday, alongside further restrictions on trading hours in Broome. 

Jamie Rooney thought his dog Rocky was gone for good after he disappeared in the vast Pilbara — until veteran cattle-mustering pilot Jack Poplawski flew in to help.

A lower-than-forecast surplus, a Metronet blowout and electricity credits all mark the WA budget. What's in it for you?

The annual police charity event has been held in the northern WA mining town of Newman for 19 years and locals can't understand why it's suddenly been moved 1,500 kilometres away.

Pilbara mother Kristie Grabenhofer says her son, who took his life at 21, would still be alive if he'd been able to access the mental health care he needed.

The ants with slender, ghostly bodies now bear the name of Voldemort, the iconic villain, after being discovered recently in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

As hearings in a $500-plus million compensation case against Fortescue Metals Group resume, a clinical psychologist says traditional owners report significant trauma associated with mining in their community.

Most Australians will never have heard of the kakarratul, an elusive silky mole that burrows in the desert and has no eyes. Now a growing threat is shrinking its habitat.

Tom Price residents are frequently forced to travel hours away for health services not offered at a hospital that was promised upgrades in 2021, and considered a slap in the face given the region's $35 billion a year contribution in mining.

Retirees in the Pilbara are being pushed out of the towns they love due to social and cost-of-living challenges. Now, the WA government is working to find a solution.

WA Liberals say they will legalise uranium mining, overturning a ban, if they win the 2025 election. Supporters of the ban say it's a dangerous commodity that should be left in the ground.

This northern WA region has already experienced three heatwaves, and meteorologists say it's just getting warmer.

While Newman is best known for its central role in WA's mining industry, locals hope a developing stone fruit orchard will help the town to diversify.

Two British teachers are flown to their first day of school in Western Australia's outback, assisted by police and ADF, after flooding forces road closures.

The Fortescue River and Gingianna Pools have both broken their banks as Newman receives the brunt of a tropical low system.

Heavy rain has flooded parts of WA, leaving remote communities isolated and major roads cut. 

Road access to the Kimberley towns of Halls Creek, Kununurra and Wyndham has been cut off by flooding across two major highways, although residents are well stocked and prepared for wet season challenges.

Elderly people in a remote Western Desert community missed out on medication and healthcare because of the actions of a "few kids", community leader Devon Cuimara says.

Three nurses have been rushed out of the remote WA community of Jigalong, sparking calls for preventative steps to be taken to tackle youth crime.

A waterless loo that keeps the flies away could offer a healthy solution for a tricky problem in the Australian outback.

The Stoddart family walked away uninjured after a cattle collision near Newman overturned their camper trailer, in what is the fifth cattle strike in as many weeks around the town.

Premier Roger Cook says the environmental approvals process in WA is "broken", but will his government's legislation to overhaul it create a free-for-all for resources companies? 

Over 38 pages and 25 towns, police have gone into intense detail about the extent of regional Western Australia's alcohol problem.