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£100,000 handed out from Sutherland wind farm fund

05 April 2012
£100,000 handed out from Sutherland wind farm fund

£100,000 handed out from Sutherland wind farm fund

05 April 2012

THIRTY-THREE organisations in the communities of Brora, Golspie, Helmsdale and Rogart have benefited from the second round of awards from the Scottish…


Jobs boost joy for Dornoch

12 March 2012
Jobs boost joy for Dornoch

Jobs boost joy for Dornoch

12 March 2012

Dornoch is set to enjoy a jobs' boost with three new businesses about to start trading at the town's business park.


Demand for council to ‘bare all’ over care row

17 February 2012
Demand for council to ‘bare all’ over care row

Demand for council to ‘bare all’ over care row

17 February 2012

HIGHLAND Council is being asked to provide details of its failed negotiations with the North, West and Sutherland Care Alliance (NWSCA) regarding the…


Sutherland’s remote fire units under threat of closure

17 February 2012
Sutherland’s remote fire units under threat of closure

Sutherland’s remote fire units under threat of closure

17 February 2012

RETAINED fire units serving Sutherland’s most remote areas could be in line for closure, it is feared.


The literary survival of John Logan

17 February 2012
The literary survival of John Logan

The literary survival of John Logan

17 February 2012

A HIGHLAND author, whose latest novel was rejected by a number of publishing houses, decided to take matters into his own hands and publish it himself…


Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

10 February 2012
Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

Care Alliance take ‘emotional’ decision to close

10 February 2012

THE North and West Sutherland Care Alliance (NWSCA) management have taken the final decision to close down after failing to come to an agreement with…


Newly-opened play centre shut for month

10 February 2012
Newly-opened play centre shut for month

Newly-opened play centre shut for month

10 February 2012

A PUBLICLY-funded play centre, which opened in central Sutherland only three months ago, has been temporarily closed down.


Call for action over road surface repair problems

02 February 2012
Call for action over road surface repair problems

Call for action over road surface repair problems

02 February 2012

A FED-UP motorist is demanding action over the sorry state of a stretch of road in Sutherland.


Rosehall in desperate need of transport solution

26 January 2012
Rosehall in desperate need of transport solution

Rosehall in desperate need of transport solution

26 January 2012

A SMALL, central Sutherland community, which has been left without public transport following the withdrawal of its Postbus, is desperately seeking a…


Red light for GREAN’s ‘Rolls Royce’ collection service

20 January 2012
Red light for GREAN’s ‘Rolls Royce’ collection service

Red light for GREAN’s ‘Rolls Royce’ collection service

20 January 2012

THE "Rolls Royce" kerb-side recycling service provided by GREAN (Golspie Recycling Environmental Action Network) to over 4000 households in East and Central…


Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

15 September 2011
Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

Davy Duff tape service reaches 25 years

15 September 2011

Isabelle Calderwood of Dornoch is unable to read her local newspaper, The Northern Times because she is blind.But that doesn’t mean the 82-year-old can’t…


Planned Golspie flats branded ‘battery cages’

04 August 2011
Planned Golspie flats branded ‘battery cages’

Planned Golspie flats branded ‘battery cages’

04 August 2011

A DUTCH couple have been ordered to rethink their controversial plan to turn the former Highland Council office buildings in Golspie’s Main Street into…


Golspie man told to pay £1000 compensation for stalking

11 July 2011
Golspie man told to pay £1000 compensation for stalking

Golspie man told to pay £1000 compensation for stalking

11 July 2011

?A Golspie man stalked his former partner for three months after they broke up, a court was told yesterday. Unemployed David Jack, the Haven, Main Street,…


Signs of the times or hideous hoardings?

24 June 2011
Signs of the times or hideous hoardings?

Signs of the times or hideous hoardings?

24 June 2011

A former Highland councillor has waded into battle over the proliferation of advertising signboards in historic Dornoch. Town square resident Duncan…


Inquiry hears of substandard welding at crash scene

17 June 2011
Inquiry hears of substandard welding at crash scene

Inquiry hears of substandard welding at crash scene

17 June 2011

The welding on parts of a crash barrier at the scene of a fatal accident on the north Sutherland coast, was substandard, a fatal accident heard this week. The…


Inquiry hears of futile attempts to save life of drowning driver

14 June 2011
Inquiry hears of futile attempts to save life of drowning driver

Inquiry hears of futile attempts to save life of drowning driver

14 June 2011

A paramedic dramatically recalled this week the desperate but futile attempts made to save the life of North Coast tradesman David Bowes (46) after the…


Parenting taunt was 'one too many'

13 June 2011
Parenting taunt was 'one too many'

Parenting taunt was 'one too many'

13 June 2011

A young Sutherland man snapped after suffering one taunt too many about his parentage, Dornoch Sheriff Court heard this week. Brian Mackay, 1 Camore…


New book set in Sutherland

06 June 2011
New book set in Sutherland

New book set in Sutherland

06 June 2011

A new fantasy book which will be available in print later this month, is partly set in one of Sutherland’s most scenic spots, Raven’s Rock at Rosehall.…


Scourie playgroup future in doubt

12 May 2011
Scourie playgroup future in doubt

Scourie playgroup future in doubt

12 May 2011

A QUESTION mark hangs over the future of a small north west Sutherland playgroup.


Dornoch businessman's anger over lack of signage

09 May 2011
Dornoch businessman's anger over lack of signage

Dornoch businessman's anger over lack of signage

09 May 2011

A DORNOCH businessman has launched a fresh attack on Highland Council over the lack of official signs directing visitors to shops and other facilities…


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