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Police were called out to two separate incidents in Wick over the weekend, although there have been no arrests yet.

Negotiations have broken down in the pay dispute involving air traffic controllers at Wick and six other airports in the Highlands and Islands.

The condition of buses used by Stagecoach in Caithness "leaves a lot to be desired", according to a local Highland councillor.

The volunteers who run Castlehill Heritage Centre are gearing up for another busy summer season of exhibitions, workshops and community activities.

Animation classes in Thurso Library will be running for eight weeks from May 11.

A teenager who staged a hold-up at a Wick shop has been given a chance by a sheriff to leave his “chaotic, drug-fuelled lifestyle” behind him.

Work to transfer around 700kg of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Dounreay to America has been completed.

A Caithness war veteran who has died at the age of 102 has been described as "a gentleman with a lovely sense of humour".

Hugh Campbell shared donations received on his surprise 70th birthday party with cheques of £375.15 each for Thurso RNLI and Enable.

A Thurso community councillor says there is no connection between the build-up of sand at the Esplanade and work at Scrabster harbour.

The Francis Street Club in Wick had debts of £86,109 when it was wound up earlier this year.

Kevin Milkins, who runs Birons Ironmongers in Wick's Bridge Street, is threatening to close his shop if parking restrictions are strictly enforced.

Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, was in Caithness to formally open a luxury 10-bedroom bed and breakfast in the grounds of the Castle of Mey.

A public meeting took place in Castletown's Drill Hall this week in the latest stage of an initiative to create a café as a community hub.

A blast from the past chugged into Wick Railway Station recently after travelling along the 'spine of the country'.

Pulteney Distillery in Wick and Wolfburn in Thurso are preparing to take part in the first Highland Whisky Festival (May 10-17).

Patients are to have the opportunity to take part in "try it out" sessions for NHS Highland’s NHS Near Me video-consulting system from their homes.

An ambitious bid to promote Thurso as a tourist destination has been welcomed at a meeting of the town's community council.

Scotland's health secretary is to look at the health issues concerning people in Caithness, Thurso community councillors were told this week.

SNP MSP Gail Ross is urging people in her Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency to register to vote by May 7 for the European elections.