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Christopher Saunders' tenure as Broome's bishop began to unravel in 2018 when allegations against him were made public.

It's out of the woods and into the big city for a group of outback Swifties from Western Australia, who are arguably some of Taylor Swift's most dedicated fans.

Figures revealed in Western Australia's first parliamentary sitting for the year showed 66 children under the age of 14 contracted an STI over the past three years.

The federal government's immediate financial package will result in some customers in the Kimberley being reimbursed, but others will miss out.

Australian priests say they have faith Pope Francis and other leaders in the Catholic Church will act decisively on allegations against the former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders.

The 27-year-old man is alleged to have approached the young girl who had wandered from her house in Derby before taking her to an undisclosed location.

Warrick Walkerbear, who is serving time for the manslaughter of his partner, Ms Waterloo, led police on a three-day manhunt after escaping Broome Regional Prison in 2021.

With its lawyers forced to live in hotels and caravan parks, Kimberley Community Legal Services says a lack of resources is forcing it to turn vulnerable people away.

There are calls for an ASIC investigation after an Indigenous pensioner was charged an annual insurance premium of almost $10,000 by QBE for an asbestos-clad home in a remote town in Western Australia.

Danggu Geikie Gorge National Park is expected to reopen to visitors just in time for the 2024 dry season after being all but washed away by last year's once-in-a-century floods.

Ray Yeeda appeared before the WA District Court after he was found guilty of rape at trial.

The threat of crocodile attacks in the Kimberley is being used by Australian Border Force to deter illegal fishers from Indonesia, with reports that three men have been killed by the reptiles since September.

Northern Territory boy Tristan Frank was last seen near Balgo in outback Western Australia in 2020. He hasn't been seen since.

The Western Australian Liquor Licensing director has given liquor retailers in Broome and Derby until February 23 to explain why the government should not implement new restrictions that have drawn criticism for a lack of uniformity between the two towns.

The director of liquor licensing issues a show cause notice to liquor retailers in Broome and Derby to provide reasons why they should not implement the stringent new restrictions from February 23.

Karl O'Callaghan is urging the state's director of liquor licensing to consider a police proposal to restrict the sale of alcohol in more regional areas, warning "children's lives at stake".

The first export shipment of mineral sands from the Thunderbird Project arrives in China as a traditional owner calls for further land clearing suspensions at the mine after the discovery of a direction stone.

The Shire of Halls Creek launched an internal investigation into Phillip Cassell after allegations were raised about him at a December council meeting, but the former CEO said he remained unsure about what he had been accused of.

Halls Creek Shire in the Kimberley confirms chief executive Phillip Cassell has resigned, but it won't comment on the nature of the allegations raised during a council meeting.

The Australian Border Force say it is the biggest cohort of foreign fishers to be detained in a decade and comes after repeated detections off the remote northern Western Australian coast.

With the first detailed research underway near Derby, there are hopes the region's local community could play a role in the developing commercial fishery.

From time immemorial, the river that runs from the hills of the east Kimberley to the mouth of King Sound in Western Australia has been the setting of stories and events that have shaped the country. But now it's the subject of much discussion.

Wildlife carers across Western Australia's Kimberley are scrambling to help animals hit by sweltering conditions.

Over 38 pages and 25 towns, police have gone into intense detail about the extent of regional Western Australia's alcohol problem.

WA Police and some regional shires say 25 towns should be subject to similar liquor restrictions as Carnarvon due to levels of alcohol fuelled violence up to 104 times higher than the metropolitan area.