The Latest Breaking News from Pilbara

A family centre in Western Australia's Pilbara region has been fined after a barefoot child, who was meant to be in its care, was left alone outside on an almost 30-degrees Celsius day.

A spokesperson for the company said police and ambulance crews attended the Cape Lambert site but the person could not be saved after suffering a "medical episode".

After reluctantly signing the net zero carbon emissions pledge, the Nationals leader amassed a $20 billion regional war chest. But local mayors and voters want funding closer to home, as well as promised infrastructure.

Mental health professionals are concerned about a lack of psychological services in parts of regional West Australia after it was revealed some children are waiting a year to see a clinical psychologist.

Aboriginal people in the Pilbara are struggling to isolate in overcrowded houses after they test positive to COVID-19, Indigenous leaders say.

Troy Hausler was mentally impaired when he killed Toby Richter at a Pilbara mine site because he wrongly believed he was a paedophile, a judge finds.

Taxi drivers in Hedland say they will go on strike again in four weeks if authorities do not address rock throwing vandalism in the Pilbara town.

Aboriginal health authorities manage a growing cluster of more than 200 cases in three West Pilbara towns through telehealth, visiting households, and operating a clinic.

A West Australian man is fighting to be buried in the town he has called home for more than 60 years and wants an answer to his application before he dies.