From over 2660 entries and exhibitors from 26 countries, two Olrig Beekeepers came home with trophies from the recent National Honey Show.
An Talmine beekeeper’s honey vinegar won a Blue Ribbon award for most outstanding exhibit at the Scottish National Honey Show.
The village of Berriedale played host to the great and the good, along with a few celebrities, for the launch of a book on the Langwell Estate.
Highland Council released a statement to highlight its role as a ‘consultee’ in the controversial Spittal to Beauly power line proposal.
Highland Council is urging community groups to ‘apply now’ for its Winter Resilience Programme if they want grit bins in their areas.
Far north MP Jamie Stone has written to the Secretary of State for Transport about his concerns over the backlog of practical driving tests.
Jamie Stone MP has called for a review of defibrillator regulations to make them more accessible and efficient in rural communities.
A Thurso-born man has written a book confronting past demons born from the abuse he suffered at a children’s care home in the Caithness town.
An exciting find of a Viking-era bead from the Swartigill archaeological dig near Thrumster was initially thought to have been a discarded Polo mint.
An anonymous letter was sent to the John O’Groat Journal office with allegations of ‘bullying and aggressive behaviour’ within a Dounreay department.
A Land’s End to John O’Groats runner dropped by Watten to be interviewed on the last leg of his mammoth run for the Homeless World Cup Foundation.
Far north MP Jamie Stone raised his concern in parliament regarding the five-week wait for Universal Credit.
A Caithness man has authored a new book on a clever ruse to fool German aircrews into bombing a decoy airfield at Sarclet.
After the Scottish Government’s apology, a retired academic said it is high time a memorial should be built to address the racist Tinker Experiment.
A Lybster man raised over £3000 for Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance with a sponsored bike ride and talked about his encounter with a poisonous adder.
Witnesses saw officers from around eight police vehicles conduct a drugs raid at a former social security office in Wick on Wednesday evening.
A Dunnet Community Forest project supporting the rare small blue butterfly is getting national attention this weekend on the BBC’s Countryfile show.
The sun shone brightly at Halkirk on Saturday for the official unveiling of an expertly carved replica of an ancient Pictish stone in Thurso’s museum.
The Co-op has admitted that hackers had accessed the data of a “significant number” of past and present members.
An ex-military man from Castletown is trekking around the NC500 as part of a fundraising bid to help homeless veterans.