Highland stations have had to shut over crew numbers, leading to calls for a pioneering trial in north-west Sutherland.
Coastguard teams from Ullapool, Durness, Achiltibuie and Kinlochbervie had to hike several miles in wet and windy weather to Sandwood Bay.
A man was airlifted to safety after injuring himself on rocks in Sutherland at the weekend.
Two men have spoken about their harrowing experience of becoming stuck on a 60 metre (200ft) sandstone sea stack in Sutherland.
Nato war games sparked a major air and sea emergency off Lochinver on Monday night.
An investigation has been launched after 'Human Swan' Sacha Dench miraculously survived a mid-air collision which killed a companion camerman.
Billionaire landowner Anders Holch Povlsen has conceded defeat in stopping the UK's first vertical launch space port in the Highlands.
A Dornoch-raised photographer has captured pictures of a pod of "dancing" bottlenose dolphins which put on an amazing acrobatic display in the Minch.
A plea to recruit special constables around the North Coast 500 route has been made by a north-west Highland councillor.
More than 100 homes are planned in a major housing development in Dornoch. Developers want to build 112 homes on land north of Glenburn Station Road.
A dredger that ended up out of control off the Sutherland coast was not a suitable vessel to carry out a coastal tow of a barge, a probe has found.
Research is under way to find out why salmon returning to the north's rivers are getting smaller – as well as scarcer.
A climber has been rescued after falling in the Cuillins on Skye.
Passengers aboard Scotland's largest ferry fleet are being urged to wear face coverings to keep lifeline services running.
A solo yachtsmen was rescued off the west coast on Monday after his boat suffered steering problems.
Aspiring crofters are being targeted in a land purchase scam.
SCOTLAND'S leading young environmentalist has made a shocking and rare find on a Sutherland beach.
WALKS in Sutherland have made a list of seven magnificent Scottish trekking spots compiled by a top travel guide.
AN endurance athlete has successfully paddle boarded across the Minch between Sutherland and the Outer Hebrides to raise awareness of mental health.
RANGERS brought in to help ease congestion and environmental abuse around the Highlands have warned visitors to be culturally aware.