Jarrod Lucas

The state's resource-rich Goldfields region has been swept up in the global push to renewable energy, with billions in mining investment driving the development of six wind farms.

Timothy Giles Walker, 38, failed to appear in the Laverton Magistrates Court over his alleged involvement in the beheading of a bronze statue of a pioneering Western Australian gold prospector.

A woman violently assaulted during a night out in Kalgoorlie shares the physical and emotional trauma she has suffered since, as her attacker has his prison sentence suspended.

A small town council in Western Australia's Goldfields is considering building a boundary fence to curb an influx of wayward cattle, with one charging cow having knocked a council worker unconscious.

They have pledged to bring back a version of the controversial scheme if they win the next federal election, suggesting there have been "devastating consequences" since it was scrapped.

A long-awaited hotel development at the home of the WA PGA Championship is "off track" according to a council report, despite $10 million in ratepayers' money being committed for early works.

As power is expected to be restored to the final 80 Western Power customers affected by last week's blackouts, WA's premier promises Kalgoorlie-Boulder's power supply will be "more reliable" in the future.

The owner of Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine is feeding additional power into the grid as Western Power continues to repair a 220-kilovolt transmission line damaged in last week's storms and local generator suppliers do their best to accommodate unprecedented demand.

WA Police have charged 20 people and seized more than 30 tonnes of allegedly stolen gold bearing ore in the state's Goldfields as part of the latest crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs.

More than 250 mining jobs are set to be affected by the closure of another operation in WA's once-booming nickel industry as prices slump.

At least 20 people presented to hospital emergency departments with heat-related issues during this week's blackouts across outback WA. A researcher says it's time to rethink cooling strategies.

The owner of the Ravensthorpe nickel operation on WA's south coast says it will suspend mining and cut 30 per cent of its 420-strong workforce. 

Deng Kiir Dau, 34, has denied he tried to transport more than $4 million worth of drugs into Western Australia via the state's border checkpoint at Eucla. 

The 38-year-old is the fifth person to be charged following the alleged seizure of 145kg of cocaine in Eucla and Esperance last year, nearly half of which was allegedly found during the search of a trailer being towed through a WA border checkpoint.

Bushfires that destroyed nearly 12,000 hectares on Western Australia's south coast and cost the life of young firefighter Harry Stead have been brought under control.

Two controversial plans to ease housing shortages in WA's historic mining city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, including a $140 million lifestyle village for "essential workers" that attracted 82 objections, are a step closer. 

A country medical service facing liquidation angers creditors by offering them 30 per cent of what they are owed to escape a half-a-million-dollar debt while pushing ahead with plans for a new clinic.

A pop-up blood donor service will be trialled in regional WA next year after thousands of people threw their support behind a grassroots campaign.

There are renewed calls to upgrade the flood-prone Eucla airstrip after the Royal Flying Doctor Service performed a rare highway landing to evacuate a seriously injured patient on the Nullarbor Plain.

The Shire of Coolgardie's CEO says wants to get on with the job after the three-year investigation found no evidence of fraud, corruption or collusion with other councillors.

Emergency services were called to the worksite in South Boulder after reports a man was trapped under machinery, and later confirmed he had died.

The Shire of Dundas says the profits from Norseman's IGA, which it purchased for $1.43 million, will be reinvested into the community.

Heavy rain comes to the aid of firefighters battling a bushfire that has already burned more than 18,000 hectares in WA and has been threatening the main sealed road in and out of the state. 

A three-year inquiry into the Shire of Coolgardie has found "no evidence of systemic fraud, corruption or collusion" by its CEO James Trail or councillors.

Between 2,000 and 3,000 litres of bilge water containing sulphur and other waste was dumped into the ocean near Esperance in 2020. The company that owns the ship and its captain could face hefty penalties.