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Keiss, Bower, and Crossroads primary schools teamed up to celebrate World Book Day with 'tons of excitement' reported at the event.

To honour World Book Day, we asked our readers to send in photographs of the costumes their children and relatives wore for the special event.

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.

A power cut has hit 44 homes in south-east Caithness with SSEN engineers on the scene.

A young entrepreneur was out and about in Wick on Friday collecting signatures for a petition to get Caithness' badly potholed roads fixed.

Following its world premiere, a new documentary on the Scottish stand-up comedian, actress and writer Janey Godley will screen in Thurso.

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

A 95-page Scottish Government document aimed at tackling depopulation has been condemned as an insult to Caithness by two Highland councillors.

A "peace candle" at a Wick church during Lent is giving local people a chance to pray and reflect on those affected by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Members of the public are being invited to share their views on proposals for cleaner heating systems in Scottish homes and workplaces.

Union leader Martin Kennedy says he does not envisage protests by farmers in Scotland similar to those in a number of other countries.

The council announced that a three-week trial of a 'fast, efficient and cost effective' thermal process for pothole repairs will take place in Thurso.

The Shrove Tuesday annual feast will take place in the hall of St John’s Church in Moray Street, Wick between 10.30am-2pm on Tuesday, February 13.

Caesarean births in the far north have rocketed as maternity services have been cut, says Highlands and Islands MSP Edward Mountain.

Keiss Primary School extended a warm invitation to parents for a special Burns lunch celebration on January 25.

Halkirk Primary reported that it held a 'very successful' Burns supper event in the afternoon last week on Thursday, January 25.

Jamie Stone MP has called on Highland Council to ring-fence funding for road improvements ahead of its upcoming budget.

John O'Groats Mill Trust (£50K) and Reay Golf Club (£75K) are quids in along with other Caithness groups for the Community Regeneration Fund.

Mollie Pearce is the new favourite for tonight’s final of The Traitors – with Highland contestant Evie Morrison now unfancied for the big cash prize.