All Covid legal restrictions mandating such things as wearing face coverings and contact tracing will come to an end on March 21.
A TEAM is determined to realise the 'massive potential' of a landmark institution in the heart of a Highland town.
The ambition is to create a contemporary European-style food hall
MSP Emma Roddick urged councillors to act quickly on legislation to tackle noise, antisocial behaviour and housing shortages
Some councillors still oppose the 'disappointing' move describing it as a huge political failing in local government
The First Minister confirms that Scotland has turned the corner on the Omicron wave'
Liberal Democrat MP Jamie Stone says 'health ministers have consistently failed to get a working system in place'
Officials say 'we need to generate sufficient income to continue to invest in housing improvements based on tenant priorities'
The easing of restrictions imposed before Christmas will do nothing to help small hospitality businesses, claims the Federation of Small Businesses.
But half of those attending events will need to have their vaccine status checked and to have had a booster
Leading councillor Trish Robertson says the cash 'can really give a boost to local projects geographically spread across the Highlands'
Leader Margaret Davidson says 'I simply ask everyone to please continue to follow government guidance'
But Inverness Airport still likely to get the new technology at some point, it emerges.
Tourism Committee Chairman Gordon Adam says 'wherever possible people should plan and book ahead, particularly for the Spring or Summer'
Blythswood thanked the council saying the materials will now be used in after-school programmes
Work on a new prison for the Highlands is under way after more than a decade of delay which has seen construction costs double.
MSP Emma Roddick says 'People would rather talk about things that are easy to understand, and I can see why'
A separate appeal against refusal of permission to turn a former steading also on the battlefield site into a family home has, however, been granted.
The message was from a Shetland tradesman who was working on market
Caithness councillor Matthew Reiss has called on MSP Maree Todd to look into funding “discrepancies” he says have seen Highland Council short-changed.