North-West

The Ord has been ripe with crop experimentation to make use of its vast water resource since the 1960s.

The University of Western Australia is considering establishing a tertiary education and research campus in Karratha.

OPINION: The three main political contenders for WA's most economically important seat are lining up their campaigns for 2029.

Stakeholders are moving ahead with a plan to make the Pilbara ground zero for clean maritime fuels.

Nearly $10 billion worth of new projects have been added to the North West's impressive list totalling more than $300 billion.

Construction of more than $30 billion of rail linking the North West to Perth and Queensland could unlock Australia's stranded critical minerals assets, a key resources lobby group argues.

Gascoyne growers are bracing for flooding from the region's namesake river after being battered by severe winds and rain from Tropical Cyclone Narelle.

Traditional owners will gain control of land once earmarked for a major gas plant north of Broome as the state government seeks to clean up a legacy issue.

A lack of fuel has forced organisers to can an annual traditional owner-led festival in Karijini National Park.

Salt harvester Leichhardt has applied to double the size of the Lake MacLeod operation near Carnarvon which it bought from Rio Tinto.

One of Western Australia's most remote bowsers is now also its cheapest, offering diesel at a discount of more than 50 cents per litre compared to Perth outlets.

Several prefabricated housing and workforce projects are injecting sorely-needed housing and accommodation stock into Karratha.

Strong profits from Civeo's Australian workforce camps have offset a soft year back home in north America for the global facility services provider.

Fortescue has broken ground on what will become Western Australia's largest solar farm at its Solomon mining hub in the Pilbara.

A Pilbara traditional owner group is hoping to foster relationships with users of Pilbara iron ore to gain better involvement in decision-making.

Norwegian fertiliser giant Yara has joined a group of industry and government stakeholders pushing plans for an ammonia ship refuelling hub in the Pilbara.

The state government will fund half of a $1.1 billion Rio Tinto desalination plant in Dampier built to reduce pressure on groundwater sources.

A monitor has been appointed to the Town of Port Hedland one month before an election is held to reinstate a council at the trouble-plagued jurisdiction.

A former executive bureaucrat has been found to have been unfairly dismissed from a Pilbara local government by the state's employment arbiter.

Fortescue's largest proposed Pilbara renewable energy project has been submitted to the state's environmental watchdog for approval.

Maroomba Airlines has won a contract to fly staff to and from the Onslow Marine Support base in the Pilbara.

A $21.4 million early learning centre will be built in Derby through a funding deal inked with the state and federal governments, and Minderoo Foundation.

Traditional owners will raise alleged human rights breaches with the United Nations next month as they ramp up a campaign to clean Australia's most contaminated site.

Construction on a long-awaited MRI facility at Port Hedland's hospital will begin this year.

The new owners of a luxury retreat on Christmas Island are bullish on the remote province's tourism potential as uncertainty surrounds the island's major employers.

Hancock Iron Ore's Mulga Downs project has received the state environmental watchdog's blessing.

Construction of a 12-unit modular build-to-rent complex in Karratha has begun, backed by two local businesspeople.

A traditional owner-backed project has put its hand up to help Water Corporation solve its water supply shortage in Port Hedland.

ANALYSIS: Fortescue has proven itself good at two things: iron ore and putting on a show. The miner is now trying to prove its merits at a third - decarbonising its massive operations

Fortescue's battery electric locomotives have begun trials on the iron ore miner's Pilbara rail network.

Anger is bubbling in the north-west over the state government's decision to let airlines slug them with higher fares when their flights are busy.

A Perdaman-backed solar farm looks set to become the foundation tenant of a traditional owner-backed green energy park near Karratha.