Carnarvon - 6701

It's been six decades since NASA first touched down in outback WA, and it's given current and former residents of Carnarvon plenty of reasons to celebrate.

Director of NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCAN) Program Kevin Coggins wishes well the former staff at the Carnarvon tracking station as it celebrates 60 years.

Some might think rain is good for growing, but for Gascoyne growers June's accumulative total of 104.4mm has been too much for their tomatoes to handle.

Olashinde "Chef Omo" Omotosho's journey has taken him 12,000km from Lagos to Gascoyne Junction, where he's head chef for the small cattle town's only pub.

Bridging the gap between scientific monitoring and cultural knowledge, traditional owners say persistent pools along the Gascoyne River are changing with dire consequences.

Mary Mercedes Lea'aeto forged the woman's signature on withdrawal forms multiple times over a nine-month period in what prosecutors labelled a "calculated" crime.

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. 

The local council vows to continue its fight to remove the remaining 23 shacks at the Carnarvon Blowholes, despite the State Administrative Tribunal throwing the shack owners a lifeline.

An "absolutely shocking" number of bush flies has caught both locals and visitors to the Gascoyne off guard, with a hot summer followed by a mild autumn blamed for the outbreak. 

Despite a number of recent cattle rustling arrests and convictions, a rural crime expert says victims feel the justice system does not fully grasp the impact the crime has.

It's Saturday sport not quite as you remember it. A Western Australian remote community comes together to ensure a special day that meant "more than just kicking the footy around" could go ahead.

A growing number of citrus producers in Australia are being squeezed out of the industry, blaming rising production costs and low prices for their produce from supermarkets.

Australian sheep farmers say they're angry after a live export ban, looming for years, has been confirmed.

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

After receiving a call for assistance from an seriously ill sailor, emergency crews set off from a remote town in WA with only a rough idea of the man's location. That was only the start of their challenge.

More than 80 public schools will sit empty for much of Tuesday as a planned strike by hundreds of teachers over pay and conditions stretches resources thin across Western Australia. Here's what you need to know.

The District Court hears Richard Arends was the "principal offender" in a scheme to steal cattle from neighbouring pastoral stations.

Family members are raising the alarm over vandalism and allegedly paved over burial sites, as Carnarvon's historic cemetery lost heritage protection.

Project Ningaloo has taken out billboard ads in Germany's Kassel, the home town of the world's largest salt miner K+S. But while locals have experienced the "pickling" of their own rivers with brine, they've confused the message with tourism ads.

Police will launch an aerial search for a missing party of seven people caught up in WA's flood-stricken outback due to severe weather.

People gathered from across the state's north to celebrate one of the final native title determinations in the region.

A judge slams the "vigilante behaviour" of Evan James Martin, who murdered a convicted child sex offender in a prison cell last year then later wrote of his pride over the killing.

As they wait for rain amid drought and heatwaves, Gascoyne station operators hope three new weather stations will help let them know what's coming.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Lincoln crossed the WA coast at the town of Carnarvon, delivering rain to a region that's dealt with successive heatwaves, but also damaging crops.

As locals in Western Australia's north bunkered down for gale force winds and torrential rain, Exmouth sweethearts Linda McMillen and Terry Curtis refused to let mother nature get in the way of their wedding.