Highland Council

The chairperson of a pressure group to effect changes to respite care in Caithness has condemned the council’s decision not to reinstate services.

Within 15 years Caithness will have about the same number of pupils in secondary education as just one school in Inverness, according to new figures.

A storage area for wind turbine components is being proposed between two housing estates at Pennyland in Thurso.

Anti-wind farm campaigners are celebrating after the scrapping of plans to develop a nine-turbine scheme on the north Sutherland coast.

Councillors in Caithness want answers from the new boss of NHS Highland over “the significant cost” of providing locum psychiatrists in the north.

An investment plan that aims to raise £2 billion for major investments across the Highlands including a new Thurso High School has been approved.

Plans to boost road safety and encourage more people to cycle or walk have passed their latest milestone.

Habitat restoration efforts and work to boost biodiversity in the Highlands are “very positive and encouraging”, a senor councillor believes.

Changing rooms at the games hall in Thurso High School are due to be demolished this year, it has been confirmed by Highland Council.

Caithness is getting “just a pittance” in levelling-up funding while “millions are spent on vanity projects in Inverness”, it has been claimed.

Kate Forbes says the SNP must ‘rewin trust’ but is change possible for a party after 17 years in power?

Thurso is in line for a new secondary school and three primaries as part of the newly released Highland Investment Plan worth in excess of £2bn.

The annual salaries for newly appointed Highland Council assistant chief executives has been revealed - each earning £124,787.

Highland councillor Willie Mackay has called for as many responses as possible to the social care survey being run by Encompass Caithness.

Malcolm MacLeod, Kate Lackie and Allan Gunn are made assistant chief executives at the local authority.

The plans are aimed at dealing with at least 12 school and spending millions more on much needed road repairs.

Campaigners against Swarclett Wind Farm claim it will create “no sustainable employment opportunities for local people” and will be harmful to birds.

Controversial fencing in the centre of Thurso has been condemned as, not just an eyesore, but a hazard for pedestrians, especially the disabled.

Highland Council says Wick’s refurbished public conveniences are on course to be up and running by next month, four years after they were shut.

Highland Council has been working to improve biodiversity in Caithness by embarking on ambitious tree-planting projects in Wick and Thurso.