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Only two years after beginning operations at its Pilbara gold project, Calidus Resources has collapsed under debt, even after gold prices recently hit a record high.

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.

Arthritis and chronic pain would stop many runners at the starting line, but for Natasha Leslie it's just one challenge on her way to claim her six-star medal by running the six World Major Marathons.

The Pilbara's Balla Balla River is known for its barramundi fishing but could soon be home to a nearby sea water desalination plant worth $5 billion. 

Residents and tourists are urged to take precautions after two people died after contracting Murray Valley Encephalitis in WA's Pilbara.

The last stronghold of a sea snake slated for an endangered species listing sits atop Australia's largest undeveloped gas field.

A Pilbara motorbike club organised a 1,300 kilometre loop of the WA mining region to raise money and awareness for men struggling with their mental health.

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.   

Napapan Price turned a skill she had picked up in childhood into a way to make everyone feel a little bit happier.

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.

Travelling to Perth for medical treatment is becoming more costly for country West Australians, who receive the lowest fuel rebate in the nation and an accommodation allowance that would not cover half the price of the average hotel room. 

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

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. 

For three decades, hundreds of notebooks filled with detailed descriptions of sacred Indigenous practices were locked away in a museum's archives. Now, Ngadjuri man Vincent Copley Junior hopes to finally have access to his great-grandfather's history.

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.

As Western Australia's mining and energy sectors shape up for their latest boom, residents in the state's mining heartland are scrambling to keep a roof over their heads after an increase to average rents of more than 120 per cent in five years.

The Mining and Energy Union says the fact that there have been no serious injuries or deaths in the past 12 months — despite four derailments in the Pilbara in that time — can be put down to "more good luck than good management". 

Australia's organ donation and transplantation rates are among the lowest in the developed world, and only 36 per cent of eligible adults are on the register. Leslie Schultz thinks changes are needed to turn that around. 

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. 

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.

Former Chevron employee Simon McKirdy is the co-chair of a committee set up to consider appeals against a controversial decision that recommended the approval to expand the Karratha Gas Plant — something environmental groups say is a conflict of interest.

NSW-based artist Sally Clarke spent her formative years on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and amassed a vast shell collection. Forty years later, she wants to return what she took.

WA is expected to hit a new record for greenhouse gas emissions this year, and has no chance of reaching net zero by 2050 unless it changes tack, a government-commissioned report reveals.

The Mining and Energy Union has accused Rio Tinto of seriously downplaying the risks posed by this week's automated train crash in the Pilbara, including its concerns about spilled diesel contaminating water supplies.