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WATCH: New children’s book from Caithness author

10 July 2024
WATCH: New children’s book from Caithness author

WATCH: New children’s book from Caithness author

10 July 2024

Caithness-based writer, Graham Winkle, children’s author of the Loch Mey Monster series has returned after a 16-year break with The Sound of The Wind.


Stone swears oath at House of Commons

10 July 2024
Stone swears oath at House of Commons

Stone swears oath at House of Commons

10 July 2024

Jamie Stone, newly re-elected MP for Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross, has sworn into the House of Commons this morning.


Citizen scientists, researchers, and wildlife enthusiasts in Caithness invited to take part in National Whale and Dolphin Watch

10 July 2024
Citizen scientists, researchers, and wildlife enthusiasts in Caithness invited to take part in National Whale and Dolphin Watch

Citizen scientists, researchers, and wildlife enthusiasts in Caithness invited to take part in National Whale and Dolphin Watch

10 July 2024

Sea Watch Foundation announces the return of its National Whale and Dolphin Watch, a 10-day-long event taking place from July 26 to August 4.


Wick-based SHORE to supply 50,000 packets of ‘Seaweed Chips’ to Asda

10 July 2024
Wick-based SHORE to supply 50,000 packets of ‘Seaweed Chips’ to Asda

Wick-based SHORE to supply 50,000 packets of ‘Seaweed Chips’ to Asda

10 July 2024

Wick-based SHORE has partnered with Asda to launch all four flavours of its locally harvested seaweed crisps at its Scottish stores this summer.


Thurso glass artist spreads his skills stateside

09 July 2024
Thurso glass artist spreads his skills stateside

Thurso glass artist spreads his skills stateside

09 July 2024

Thurso glass artist Ian Pearson has recently returned from the USA where he shared his creative skills at the Salem Community College Glass Centre.


PICTURES: A celebration of local talent at Halkirk exhibition

09 July 2024
PICTURES: A celebration of local talent at Halkirk exhibition

PICTURES: A celebration of local talent at Halkirk exhibition

09 July 2024

The Industrial Caithness exhibition, a celebration of locality and work, is on at the Ross Institute in Halkirk until July 13.


Weird orange ball of light seen over Golspie near time of mass bumblebee deaths – could there be a link?

09 July 2024
Weird orange ball of light seen over Golspie near time of mass bumblebee deaths – could there be a link?

Weird orange ball of light seen over Golspie near time of mass bumblebee deaths – could there be a link?

09 July 2024

The mystery of mass bumblebee deaths at Golpsie deepened after a local man detailed a strange phenomenon that could be linked to the sad event.


PICTURES: An ‘inspiring and diverse’ exhibition of arts and crafts at Thurso show

08 July 2024
PICTURES: An ‘inspiring and diverse’ exhibition of arts and crafts at Thurso show

PICTURES: An ‘inspiring and diverse’ exhibition of arts and crafts at Thurso show

08 July 2024

Artisans North artists came together for the first time at Thurso Art Gallery to celebrate the ‘Natural World Natural Caithness’ exhibition.


Former Red Arrows pilot with sight issues completes 1000-mile run at John O’Groats

08 July 2024
Former Red Arrows pilot with sight issues completes 1000-mile run at John O’Groats

Former Red Arrows pilot with sight issues completes 1000-mile run at John O’Groats

08 July 2024

Higgy, a former Red Arrows pilot with glaucoma, completes a 1000-mile run to raise awareness of glaucoma.


Warning of heavy rain across Caithness – possible flooding and power cuts

08 July 2024
Warning of heavy rain across Caithness – possible flooding and power cuts

Warning of heavy rain across Caithness – possible flooding and power cuts

08 July 2024

The Met Office has issued a Yellow Warning for slow-moving and heavy rain leading to impacts on travel and infrastructure across Caithness.


Wick couple take a trip down memory lane after recognising car in Groat’s archive feature

05 July 2024
Wick couple take a trip down memory lane after recognising car in Groat’s archive feature

Wick couple take a trip down memory lane after recognising car in Groat’s archive feature

05 July 2024

An archive picture in the Groat brought back happy memories for one elderly motorist in Wick when he saw the car he sat his test in back in 1959.


Caithness creatives invited to get involved in Scotland's ‘biggest filmmaking event’

04 July 2024
Caithness creatives invited to get involved in Scotland's ‘biggest filmmaking event’

Caithness creatives invited to get involved in Scotland's ‘biggest filmmaking event’

04 July 2024

Caithness producers and directors are invited to get involved in Scotland's biggest filmmaking event, the 48 Hour Film Project, this summer.


Caithness Archives nominated for national award and wants your vote

04 July 2024
Caithness Archives nominated for national award and wants your vote

Caithness Archives nominated for national award and wants your vote

04 July 2024

Caithness archivists have been nominated for a prestigious award and urge the public to vote for them before the polls end on Wednesday (July 10).


Police seek owner of white box-style van after Wick incident

04 July 2024
Police seek owner of white box-style van after Wick incident

Police seek owner of white box-style van after Wick incident

04 July 2024

Police Scotland is still looking for information on a traffic incident which happened in Wick a fortnight ago.


Caithness company Norscot celebrates its 40th birthday this month

03 July 2024
Caithness company Norscot celebrates its 40th birthday this month

Caithness company Norscot celebrates its 40th birthday this month

03 July 2024

Bower-based Norscot Joinery Ltd, a leading manufacturer of timber frame kit homes, windows, and doors, is celebrating its 40th anniversary.


New position strengthens health and wellbeing activities in south-east Caithness

03 July 2024
New position strengthens health and wellbeing activities in south-east Caithness

New position strengthens health and wellbeing activities in south-east Caithness

03 July 2024

A new employee is set to ‘manage and deliver efficient and effective activities’ for service users at Dunbeath and District Centre.


WATCH: ‘Major Tom to Ground Control, I’m stepping into a potholed Thurso car park!’

02 July 2024
WATCH: ‘Major Tom to Ground Control, I’m stepping into a potholed Thurso car park!’

WATCH: ‘Major Tom to Ground Control, I’m stepping into a potholed Thurso car park!’

02 July 2024

Ahead of the refurbishment of the badly potholed Co-op car park in Thurso, a local wit has created a video lampooning its crater-like surface.


PICTURES: Councillors flushed with pride as revamped toilets finally reopen in Wick after destruction by vandals

02 July 2024
PICTURES: Councillors flushed with pride as revamped toilets finally reopen in Wick after destruction by vandals

PICTURES: Councillors flushed with pride as revamped toilets finally reopen in Wick after destruction by vandals

02 July 2024

A gathering of councillors beckoned the reopening of the Whitechapel toilets in Wick on Monday morning after vandals forced their closure in 2019.


Ormlie sewing group final meeting before the summer holidays

01 July 2024
Ormlie sewing group final meeting before the summer holidays

Ormlie sewing group final meeting before the summer holidays

01 July 2024

Last Wednesday (June 26), Ormlie sewing group ‘Sewing Together, Growing Together’ met for the last time before the summer holidays.


10 customers in 3 minutes at Wick’s doomed Bank of Scotland despite report of ‘low footfall’

01 July 2024
10 customers in 3 minutes at Wick’s doomed Bank of Scotland despite report of ‘low footfall’

10 customers in 3 minutes at Wick’s doomed Bank of Scotland despite report of ‘low footfall’

01 July 2024

Despite its impending closure, around 10 people were observed utilising Wick’s Bank of Scotland over just three minutes this morning (July 1).


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