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Broome bus services have been expanded with the addition of two new stops to the local airport, hospital and residential areas.

With exams placing extra pressure on high school students across the North West, parents are being encouraged to check in with their children.

Final opportunities to dump domestic waste items for in Kununurra landfill facilities are coming up this weekend, just in time for cyclone season.

A Broome teenager who rushed to help a pedestrian struck by a vehicle has been recognised alongside a group of Pilbara aquatic workers for their actions during several emergencies.

More than 30 schools have successfully completed RAC’s Road Safety Workshop in the Kimberley, designed to help students improve their knowledge about seatbelts, helmets and bike safety.

Rio Tinto and the Rhodes Ridge Joint Venture will jointly invest more than $20m in a partnership with Curtin University to help deliver a “waterless barrier” to stop cane toads reaching the Pilbara.

People will have the chance to explore their creativity with a series of watercolour painting workshops at Cable Beach House next month.

Broome residents of all ages and fitness levels hit the pavement and pool for the return of the popular community-focused community event Dash & Splash.

Broome Police are investigating multiple reports of “suspicious” bushfires at a tourist hotspot.

A senior Catholic figure who was in the running to be the next Pope is heading to Broome weeks after the town’s former Bishop was jailed for sexually abusing young Aboriginal men. 

The State Government has invested almost $250,000 in the Kimberley and Pilbara region, through Horizon Power’s Community Partnerships program, in locally-led projects that will support the region

Broome Hospital has been found to have one of the lowest proportions of on-time elective surgeries in the State, according to new figures analysing the disparity of wait times across the State’s hospitals.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services and Bureau of Meteorology are urging communities in northern Western Australia to prepare for the start of wet season.

The Broome Turf Club has signed a multi-year agreement with digital ticketing provider Future Ticketing.

Tickets are expected to sell out fast for the eighth annual Lake Argyle Swim, with more locals to take part in next year’s event following community feedback.

A WA-led research project on one of the world’s most mysterious and elusive whale species has discovered new information through a collection of underwater recordings.

The State Government’s Ellendale-Bunuba Trainee Program has churned out six new graduates as more works to rehabilitate a Kimberley diamond mine is under way

The Pilbara and Kimberley are still bird-flu free as efforts to vaccinate vulnerable species continue. 

A local from the Kimberley is one of four young West Australians appointed as 2027 Youth Week WA Ambassadors.

Chelsea Cortese was suing Avanova Pty Ltd in the WA District Court, more than seven years after she was injured in a helicopter crash, piloted by Troy Thomas, off Raft Point in 2019.