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A farmer has warned that two wind turbines will be “a blight on a valued landscape” and will upset his livestock if they are allowed to go ahead.
Chairman Drew Millar says he wants the information so ‘we have a clear conscience when making a decision about the Highland community we represent.’
Plans to axe the vascular surgery service in the Highlands would be "a real worry and a concern" for patients in Caithness, according to a campaigner.
The body recently discovered at John O’Groats is not the local man reported missing several weeks ago, confirmed Police Scotland today.
Who would want a postbox situated on a barren patch of Caithness moorland with no nearby home connected with it?
Trees for Life says it is ‘hugely worrying and a move in the wrong direction’ while Oxfam Scotland call it ‘an acute global embarrassment’.
David Green aims to replace the SNP’s Maree Todd in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross after a close-run contest in 2021
A Thurso woman who went on a shoplifting spree in Wick has been ordered to carry out 70 hours of unpaid community work.
A lack of progress in reopening a Highland railway station that was temporarily shut in a row over access, is “concerning”, say local politicians.
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An elderly Castletown man with major health issues says he will make himself homeless and live in a van due to the cost of heating his damp home.
Efforts have begun to secure funding for urgent repairs to a storm-damaged harbour wall at Wick amid fears that a collapse would be a "catastrophe".
Ten out of the 11 most dangerous single-carriageway sections of the A9 are north of Inverness, new figures have revealed.
A Caithness councillor is calling on an animal rescue charity to rethink its "shocking" decision to close its far north centre near Dounreay.
Harmsworth Park will host Saturday night football this weekend as Wick Thistle take on Thurso Pentland in a Highland Amateur Cup preliminary tie.
Gary Manson accepts that Wick Academy have “hardly laid a glove” on Banks O’ Dee so far – but the Scorries will be aiming to change that on Saturday.
Lybster turned on the style in a 6-3 victory over Wick Thistle at Cow Park on Wednesday night, picking up their first points since being promoted.
Halkirk United manager Ewan McElroy has said his players “can be really proud of themselves” after finishing third in the North Caledonian League.
Liam Bremner has been “flying” for Wick Groats in the opening weeks of the county league season – after 20 months on the sidelines with a broken leg.
There was a presentation night at Wick’s Assembly Rooms this week for all the indoor bowling prize winners throughout the season.
The Greens came from behind against Ellon to secure their fourth victory of the extended Caley 1 season at a wind-blown Millbank.
Two senior and two junior shooters from Caithness took part in a Scotland versus North Island New Zealand postal competition.
Exploring the remote lochs and lochans of Caithness is not the same challenge that it once was, but there are few who have visited them all
John Davidson completes a loop of the Great Glen Way, taking in the newly signed high-level route over Carn na Leitire
Invernessian cook and food writer Sarah Rankin wants to encourage people to cook from scratch with her first recipe book, Kith.
A thriller writer who has moved from Dorset to Inverness is finding fresh inspiration in her new Highland life.
John Davidson enjoys a morning stroll up the riverside path from Wick, where he finds peaceful paths and a wildlife spotting platform
An award-winning performance from theatre dance company Curious Seed will come to the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen for one night only.
Shed Seven have announced a special 30th anniversary tour which will be coming to Aberdeen.
It opens in Highland Scotland but then spreads out to make connections with cultures across the world.
Direct from the West End, The Drifters Girl comes to Aberdeen and we speak to Carly Mercedes Dyer who plays Faye Treadwell in the hit show.
Professor David Wilson has joined forces with Marcel Theroux for a new tour – Killer Books – which is coming to Aberdeen.
Bob Harris and Colin Hall are heading to St Margaret's Braemar with their show focus on The Beatles.
The "enduring legacy" of Mary Queen of Scots will be celebrated at a new exhibition which is set to get under way in Wester Ross.
Ullapool art gallery, An Talla Solais, has launched its latest exhibition in partnership with the Highland Print Studio.
He lost the Conservative whip after reports he misused campaign funds.
Facebook’s parent company said it believed the new Llama 3 model made its Meta AI assistant the ‘most intelligent’ one you can use for free.
Mairi McAllan confirmed the Scottish Government will not meet the goal.
Benedict Barton is running the London Marathon for Great Ormond Street Hospital which treated his daughter Sky, now four, with targeted chemotherapy.