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New local advisory committees have been formed to help shape the direction of the merged UHI North, West and Hebrides college.

The sounds of Irish country music will fill the air in east Sutherland next month with a special appearance from the award-winning Stephen Smyth Band.

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Farmers and crofters have called for more timely intervention to help them mitigate against the impacts of white-tailed eagle predation on lambs.

A film about Caithness, its people and landscape is to be screened in Thurso next week.

NHS Highland has launched an app to help new dads in the north cope with the significant change in their life.

A Wick youngster who has previously been the chair of the Highland Youth Parliament has been elected to represent the far north again.

A Wick volunteer is playing his part in ensuring the war graves in the town’s cemetery are maintained to the highest possible standard.

The Conservative and Labour leaders are spearheading efforts to topple the First Minister who vowed to ‘fight on’.

Thurso United has taken delivery of a defibrillator with support from the Scottish Football Partnership Trust and Kilpatrick Fraser Charitable Trust.

Mystery surrounds a gold ring found in a kindling bag at Dunnet Community Forest (DCF) and how it got there.

Jamie Stone is urging the UK government to step up its efforts over internet fraud by putting more pressure on social media companies.

Local MSPs are mostly welcoming Humza Yousaf’s decision to ditch the SNP-Green Scottish Government partnership as a positive for the Highlands.

The "unbelievable" shortage of indoor sports facilities in the Thurso area is having "a serious impact" on local clubs and groups.

Sheona Campbell retires today as advertisement manager for the John O’Groat Journal, Caithness Courier and Northern Times.

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

A Wick nurse was shocked to find a memorial bench dedicated to her late father lying in pieces after an apparent attack by vandals.

A woman moved by the plight of patients who spend prolonged periods at the Highlands’ only mental health hospital is setting up a charity for them.

A Caithness man is keen to raise awareness of Scotland’s bowel screening programme after his cancer was detected at an early stage.