19 May 2024
A huge police presence descended on Glamis Road in Wick today (May 19) as armed officers laid siege to a house that had three people inside.
19 May 2024
Sobering statistics shared by Highland Council show, not only school rolls declining, but fewer houses being built in Caithness.
19 May 2024
A 42-year-old man was arrested in connection with two incidents of assault and robbery in Wick earlier today.
19 May 2024
Caithness badminton hotshot Mark Mackay is continuing his preparation ahead of this summer’s European Senior Championships in Belgium.
19 May 2024
MSPs debated the Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill, which enables the Scottish Government to financially support farming and other rural sectors.
19 May 2024
A Norwich man is alleged to have cultivated cannabis in a former tax office in Wick while acting with others.
19 May 2024
A teenager who absconded from his care home and embarked on a crime spree was sent to detention for 20 months at Inverness Sheriff Court.
18 May 2024
A suspected drink-driver who refused to tell police who had been at the wheel of his car was fined £400 at Wick Sheriff Court.
18 May 2024
Green Health Week offers a packed schedule of events and activities being coordinated by colleagues from Think Health Think Nature.
18 May 2024
Brookfield Renewable have not lost interest in going ahead with a wind farm in the north Sutherland village of Armadale.
18 May 2024
A Thurso woman who assaulted two people at a local nightclub has been fined £300.
18 May 2024
A Caithness crafting group says it is now running new classes that are filled to the gunwales, thanks to a successful funding bid,
17 May 2024
A bid to get an independent review into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the Avonlea children's home in Wick has been defeated.
17 May 2024
High Ormlie Hotspur will host Wick Groats in the semi-final of the Colin Macleod Memorial Cup on Saturday.
17 May 2024
A Thurso man shone a torch in the face of an ambulance driver, forcing him to make an emergency stop, a sheriff heard on Tuesday.
17 May 2024
The chairperson of a pressure group to effect changes to respite care in Caithness has condemned the council’s decision not to reinstate services.
17 May 2024
The prospect of a return of nuclear power generation to Caithness has been welcomed with open arms by a far north councillor.
17 May 2024
A long-time journalist with a passion for all things Caithness this week put down his notepad after retiring from the John O’Groat Journal.
17 May 2024
Pentland United and Staxigoe United meet in the semi-final of the Colin Macleod Cup tonight.
16 May 2024
A Wick man who subjected a couple to a sustained stalking campaign for almost a year has avoided a jail sentence.