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A solutions-based program is helping inmates prepare for life beyond bars.

A pensioner accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls more than 30 years ago is released on bail after being arrested in a cold case review.

The Life Beyond program is providing inmates at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison with critical opportunities, using a theoretical mars mission as the backdrop.

Eyre Highway traffic had to queue twice in the space of a week as the Royal Flying Doctor Service touched down to retrieve patients.

Young football player Nick Campo (pictured) died and five others were injured in a major car crash in Perth's southern suburbs at the weekend.

The connection between Kalgoorlie and Western Australia's outback is a critical one for remote community residents.

To some, it was no surprise — perhaps it was even inevitable — that BHP would choose to close its WA nickel mines and smelters. But the decision has left people living and working in nearby towns feeling numb.

The impact of the closure of BHP's Nickel West operations will be far and wide and "almost signals the end of the Australian nickel industry", a prominent mining analyst says.

Mining giant BHP has announced it’s putting its WA nickel mines on ice for at least three years, blaming an "oversupply in the global nickel market."

Western Australia's CWA branches have welcomed men into their ranks after 100 years, with members voting almost unanimously to grant men membership rights.

Farmers and recreational shooters say they've been labelled as "bad people" following recent changes to WA's firearms legislation, which will come into effect in March 2025.

As the federal government resists calls to reintroduce the cashless debit card following concerns about alcohol abuse, gambling and child neglect, views on the ground remain mixed.

With some road trains almost 60 metres long, new rules in WA mean truckies will have to display signs alerting other drivers to their vehicles' length. But the haulage industry says the change will be costly and ineffective.

Kalgoorlie Police arrest a man who allegedly stole a car in Kalgoorlie with six children sitting in the back.

Claudean Jonathon Williams is alleged to have stolen the SUV from a Kalgoorlie shopping centre where it was parked with six children inside.

Esperance is bracing for a "significant impact" after a mine that accounts for more than half the export trade through the town's port announced it would close. 

Farmers have been told to stand "shoulder to shoulder" after the federal inquiry into phasing out the export of sheep by sea recommended the bill be passed.

In 2021 the freight train Ray Anglesey was aboard collided with a road train, leaving him with a broken neck. Now recovered, the 73-year-old has returned to work and is campaigning for safety at level crossings.

A 19-year-old man has been charged over a ram raid at Norseman's only supermarket as the damage bill is expected to exceed $30,000.

The mother of a 14-year-old boy who was allegedly threatened with a knife at his school says the WA Education Department has failed to support traumatised students. 

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. 

WA farmers impacted by the proposed ban have had their say in Northam today, after a Canberra hearing heard from animal activists and industry leaders earlier this week.

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. 

The WA government will push ahead with the planned demolition of storm-damaged public housing in the Goldfields, despite objections from the local council and residents calling it "ridiculous" and a "travesty". 

The remote town of Leonora, more than 800 kilometres from Perth, is an unlikely technology hub, but its only school has been chosen to launch a new app aimed at preserving language and culture.