THE "Rolls Royce" kerb-side recycling service provided by GREAN (Golspie Recycling Environmental Action Network) to over 4000 households in East and Central…
POLICE are intensifying their search for the vandals who are continuing to chip away at the foundations of the Duke of Sutherland’s statue at the top…
HIGHLAND Council’s policy of erecting 6kw micro wind turbines at schools is putting pupils at risk, a north-west Sutherland woman has claimed. Dr Stephanie…
A DECISION to wind down the North West Sutherland Care Alliance has been temporarily put on hold as delicate negotiations continue with Highland Council…
Sandra Train, of Edinburgh, thought readers might be interested in this history of her paternal grandparents, Alex and Elizabeth Macdonald of 48 Dalhalvaig,…
BRORA Rangers ended a seven match losing run thanks to a late double from Liam Baxter in a hard fought match against Fort William at Claggan Park last…
A large group of young runners from East Sutherland Athletics Club travelled to Evanton on Saturday for round four of the North Cross Country League and…
Two former American college classmates, who were team mates in North District golf teams, are now professional golfers but living different life styles. Inverness’s…
Isabella Wright, Colinsay, Argyle Street, Dornoch, proves you can still be swept off your feet at the age of 80. She celebrated her milestone birthday…
Jessie Gunn was born at Newlands, Bettyhill, on 11 September 1928, the second youngest of the 12 children, six girls and six boys, of John Brown Mackay…
THE community of Coldbackie lost a real character when the last remaining native crofter passed away on 19th December, 2011, at the grand old age of 90…
"What’s Alex Salmond really like?" If I had a penny for every time I have been asked this question... As the independence issue climbed to the top…
TRAINS will start transporting spent nuclear material from Dounreay through the Highlands in the summer - but the exact times and dates will not be disclosed…
Road users are being advised to take care in the Highlands this morning due to strong winds.
A LOCAL woman fled for her life as fire swept through part of her croft house last night. Shelly Louise Hart McCallum (28) was in the shower when the…
A MAN pleaded guilty today to using counterfeit £20 notes at various stores in Ross-shire and Sutherland in June last year.
THREE Brora men are to stand trial at Wick Sheriff Court in March following incidents at a Thurso nightclub on Sunday.
A man was rescued by coastguards this morning after falling and injuring his leg on a remote North Sutherland beach. The man, who has not been identified,…
Changes to public entertainment licences, which come into force on April 1st, will bring more events under the umbrella of requiring a licence, where…
It was a full house once again at the Brora Scout and Guide Hall at the weekend for the 14th Annual Burns Supper.