The City of Karratha has applied to the federal government for international airport status in a move that has been welcomed ...

A 23-year-old FIFO worker has tragically taken his own life while staying at a mining giant’s accommodation facility in ...

Tropical Cyclone John reached Category 5 status offshore, but it lost some intensity and also struck a sparsely populated area of Australia. Here's what happened in 1999.

KARRATHA, Australia, December 08, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto’s first Pilbara-made iron ore rail car has rolled off the production line in Karratha, as part of a A$150 million partnership with ...

Karratha's $35 million airport terminal upgrade has been officially unveiled. The old building was unable to handle the 800,000 passengers coming through each year, so two years ago construction began ...

The City of Karratha is located in the Pilbara region of northern Western Australia, about 1,550 kilometres north of Perth. On 1 July 2014, it changed its name from the Shire of Roebourne to the City ...

Rio Tinto’s first Pilbara-made iron ore rail car has rolled off the production line in Karratha, after construction concluded ...

Karratha is undergoing a transition as more families move to town, attracted by the improved infrastructure and new housing developments. “The families that are driving the state’s economic growth are ...

A Qantas baggage hander has been sacked after he was caught on video angrily throwing passengers' luggage onto a trailer. The worker was recorded on the runway hurling luggage at Karratha Airport, in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. At first look it sounds like a typical tale of badly mistimed investment in infrastructure: the opening a $35 million expanded terminal ...

There has been one company liquidation notice in the Karratha Local Government Area today, bringing the total for December to ...