Some valuable discoveries have been made in time for the celebration of the life and death of famous West Coast explorer Charles Douglas.

The Greymouth fishing boat that suffered $350,000 of damage in a suspicious blaze while moored at the wharf early last week, is about to be towed to Nelson for repairs.

A Cobden teenager with substance abuse problems who burgled the Cobden Fire Station overnight on Saturday was today locked up after he was refused bail.

Wild winds sweeping the country have caused serious disruption to flight schedules, caused power outages and closed roads this evening.

A grassroots rugby team have been accused of making racist remarks about Polynesian rugby players during a local game.

A Waimakariri man who was convicted of a "lengthy and sustained sequence of extraordinarily bad and dangerous driving" was yesterday sentenced in the Greymouth District Court.

A Christchurch man who tried to sell his employer's car was arrested in Greymouth yesterday.

The West Coast is about to get a slew of new chief executives in key roles, with interest from overseas in the top ranking positions.

A Greymouth woman has beaten the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) following botched surgery 13 years ago.

An apparent taste for corn by a group of tourists travelling through the West Coast in Jucy Rental vehicles has resulted in them being dobbed into police.

Fire chief calls for more training for firefighters who are generally not prepared for the emotions they find when dealing with suicides.

Brad Houston was walking back to halfway after his side scored a try against Cobden-Kohinoor when he dropped to the ground.

The Blaketown pensioner charged with trafficking cocaine into Australia has been told he faces life in prison.

A pensioner arrested in Perth for importing cocaine is a retired West Coast beekeeper who used to sell honey outside the Greymouth library.

A Kiwi pensioner is in a maximum security prison in Western Australia charged with importing cocaine.

The family of a Greymouth toddler are relieved after a man was arrested for his murder.

Dillon Tucker, 28, had denied the charges but changed his plea before a defended hearing was about to start in the Greymouth District Court.

A Greymouth logging contractor has been busy retrieving selected rimu logs toppled by Cyclone Ita in April last year, that landed more or less on his doorstep.

Although a new trial date was yet to be set, Greymouth lawyer Marcus Zintl said it would probably be in early 2016.

Texas-based company has applied to prospect 1.6 million square kilometres offshore of New Zealand - including off the West Coast.

Department of Conservation waits to resume ownership of the Pike River Mine.

A 52-year-old Christchurch man on the run from police after reports of dangerous driving, forced a Westland Milk Products tanker to stop at Dobson on Saturday evening.

A Franz Josef Glacier man yesterday apologised to his partner for the way he treated her as he pleaded guilty to a raft of assault charges.

A man who says he has seen so many bad driving incidents he decided to install a dash-mounted camera, spotted a rental car driving on the wrong side of the road.

Almost six months after the death of 15-month-old Cobden toddler Leith Hutchison, police have yet to wind up an investigation or make an arrest.

"Incendiary devices", namely fireworks, thrown under a campervan parked at Westport's North Beach are not "the welcome mat" the town wants to present to visitors.

West Coast Rugby League captain Adrian Rodney Loe was labelled an "aggressive and unpleasant drunk" by a judge for head-butting a man at the pub.