The John O’Groats Book Festival programme for 2025 will get under way on Sunday, April 6, with a talk by Inverness writer Jennifer Morag Henderson.
The Far North Line will be closed north of Dingwall for three weeks in June so that a £11.5 million track upgrading programme can be carried out.
A junior writing contest has been launched by the newly formed Caithness and Sutherland Literary Association, open to anyone aged 12 or under.
A year on from an £180,000 funding award, North Highland Cancer Information and Support Centre offers an expanded range of services in the far north.
The annual vintage and classic rally at John O’Groats will be enhanced by a collaboration between two like-minded clubs for the second year in a row.
More details have emerged about Thursday’s collision between an offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel and a fishing boat in Wick harbour.
A survey on priorities for rural areas could result in a “direct threat” to wellbeing and quality of life, a Caithness campaign group has warned.
Investigations are being carried out into the cause of a collision between two vessels in Wick harbour on Thursday morning.
Highland councillors will raise no objection to West of Orkney Windfarm’s offshore plans at a site around 25km from the north Sutherland coast.
North MP Jamie Stone believes Nicola Sturgeon is right to leave the Scottish political stage after a “tawdry time” for the former First Minister.
Plans are being made to establish a literary association for the far north that will run book club meetings and a children’s writing competition.
Jamie Stone has pledged to continue speaking up on healthcare for women, arguing that females deserve equal access regardless of where they live.
Campaigners from Caithness and Sutherland are among those who have joined forces to demand a rethink on large-scale energy developments in the north.
Audiences at the Merlin Cinema in Thurso will be able to celebrate the 75th birthday of classical music star André Rieu at two screenings in April.
Proposals to reduce speed limits for cars from 60 to 50 mph on single carriageways have been rejected as a “lazy answer to improving road safety”.
Fiona Beattie, Connor Macleod and Darren Munro were selected as finalists in the 2025 Highland Shortbread Showdown after a regional heat in Thurso.
Fiona Beattie, Connor Macleod and Darren Munro were selected as finalists in the 2025 Highland Shortbread Showdown after a regional heat in Thurso.
A farming union leader has accused UK government representatives of choosing to “stick their heads in the sand” over changes to inheritance tax.
Campaigners have claimed that parts of Caithness and Sutherland will resemble “an apocalyptic wasteland” if plans for a new line of pylons go ahead.
Caithness amateur football champions Pentland United are preparing for a 24-hour fundraising running challenge as a Sophie’s Story fundraiser.