Highland Council

Changes to bin collections in Caithness will start to come into effect in the autumn – after they are trialled in Ross-shire and Dornoch first.

A retired teacher stood at one spot on the Camster road and took pictures north and south to highlight a 'discontinuity' in maintenance.

Highland Council is being urged by a Caithness campaign group to think again over a proposed change of use at the former Avonlea children's home.

Council leader Raymond Bremner says the £60m investment for Highland roads and infrastructure will see 'biggest improvements' ever seen in communities

Temporary repairs have been carried out on Thurso High School's damaged gym hall roof and further work is being planned, Highland Council has said.

Councillor Karl Rosie insisted the Highlands can be "one of the richest regions in Scotland" after he announced his decision to join the Alba Party.

Highland Council has been urged to set out in black and white when two Wick zebra crossings will get their long-awaited stripes.

A9 dualling south of Inverness over the coming decade could make scheduled air links between Caithness and the central belt an attractive option.

A new art exhibition giving an insight into the mental health and wellbeing of young people in Thurso has opened at the North Coast Visitor Centre.

Politicians are being warned that Caithness could be "heading for terminal decline" without action on key services such as healthcare and roads.

Moves are being made to limit access for cars entering Wick cemetery because of damage that is being caused to some of the graves.

A disabled woman on High Street in Keiss is worried that a fall in the array of potholes outside her home could prove fatal if not fixed soon.

Concern has been raised over a "sinkhole" that has opened up in a Wick street, leading to speculation over how deep it might be.

Trials are set to begin next week in the Highlands on a new method of repairing potholes that uses debris found by the roadside.

Unison has 'grave concerns' about violence in schools and the EIS has lashed out at proposals to cut 70 principal teachers.

Highland councillors are being asked to back opposition to a controversial wind farm it is feared would “overwhelm” Armadale.

The importance of strengthening links between the Highlands and European communities linked by the North Sea has been highlighted during talks.

Jamie Stone has claimed there is "no joined-up delivery of social care services in Caithness", following a listening event he hosted in Thurso.

The agreed proposals are branded 'nebulous, vague, hazy, obscure, indistinct, unclear, indefinite, murky, blurred, formless and featureless.'

Council leader Raymond Bremner says it 'allows for significant investment to take place and protect jobs across our communities.'