Tourism businesses in the area covered by the NC500 seem to be coping better than those elsewhere in the Highlands and Islands, a report has found.
MSP Rhoda Grant says that listening to women from the far north describe what it is like to live with endometriosis has opened her eyes to the issue.
People in the Highlands are being urged to support the tourism industry by enjoying days out in the region as part of a new VisitScotland campaign.
Master mariner William Munro has become the focal point in Wick for a nationwide effort by the RNLI to reduce fatalities around the coastline.
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross MP Jamie Stone has hit out at "unacceptable" delays in payments for people who receive Universal Credit.
Jamie Stone has warned of a risk of damage to morale among the UK's armed forces after sensitive defence documents were discovered at a bus stop.
A football manager who ran four marathons within 24 hours from Wick to Inverness is close to realising his £20,000 fundraising target for charity.
North MP Jamie Stone has marked Children’s Art Week 2021 by launching a drawing competition for the 12-and-under age group.
Highlands and Islands Labour MSP Rhoda Grant has described access to food as a human right that is denied to too many people in the UK.
People are being asked to play their part in recognising those who have gone "above and beyond" to help make their towns good places to live.
The charity Mary’s Meals is asking Caithness families to "buddy up" for the latest drive in its Backpack Project to help hungry children in Malawi.
When Donald MacDonald was being treated in hospital for leukaemia he decided to put his time to good use by writing a book about his life.
Brora Rangers manager Steven Mackay is off and running in his bid to complete a quadruple marathon in time for his 40th birthday tomorrow.
A retired couple have raised more than £5000 for a cancer care charity after a two-week tandem journey from Land's End to John O'Groats.
Health chiefs have warned of an "alarming" rise in Covid in the Highlands after it emerged that 28 cases have been recorded in Caithness this month.
Personal trainer Kris Hamilton has raised £450 for the local domestic abuse charity CASWA through profits from sales of a newly designed shirt.
PICTURES: A group of eco-conscious friends who pedalled their way across the Pentland Firth at the weekend described it as "a surreal experience".
Farmer David Coghill from Tofts of Tain, Castletown, was amazed when his six-year-old Simmental cross cow produced a trio of healthy heifer calves.
Efforts are being stepped up to ensure more people in Scotland know what to do if they witness someone suffering a cardiac arrest.
The chairman of Dounreay Stakeholder Group has said there is a compelling case for Caithness to host the world's first nuclear fusion power station.