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Is council set to impose inflation-busting tax rise on Highland households?

Is council set to impose inflation-busting tax rise on Highland households?

Is council set to impose inflation-busting tax rise on Highland households?

22 February 2025

There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth across the Highlands next month, when the Highland Council sets the council tax increase from April.


Highland MSP shares Badenoch beasts concern with climate minister

Highland MSP shares Badenoch beasts concern with climate minister

Highland MSP shares Badenoch beasts concern with climate minister

22 February 2025

Edward Mountain condemns reckless illegal releases as search goes on


‘God’s love for us is a love of inexpressible intensity’

‘God’s love for us is a love of inexpressible intensity’

‘God’s love for us is a love of inexpressible intensity’

16 February 2025

Valentine’s faith - his name means ‘strong’ or ‘powerful’ - did not fail, says our Christian Viewpoint columnist John Dempster.


Should the Eastgate be turned into a conference centre? Tourism mogul claims shopping spot is as ‘dead as a dodo’

Should the Eastgate be turned into a conference centre? Tourism mogul claims shopping spot is as ‘dead as a dodo’

Should the Eastgate be turned into a conference centre? Tourism mogul claims shopping spot is as ‘dead as a dodo’

15 February 2025

With the shopping centre’s food court closing and Lakeland relocating is it time to rethink what could be done with the large shopping space?


Should music fans launch a community buy-out to bring back The Ironworks?

Should music fans launch a community buy-out to bring back The Ironworks?

Should music fans launch a community buy-out to bring back The Ironworks?

14 February 2025

Furore over the future of the empty Ironworks building in Inverness has sparked local debate about a possible community buy-out of the site.


REACTION: Shock from music lovers as £30 million Ironworks hotel plan ‘faces collapse’

REACTION: Shock from music lovers as £30 million Ironworks hotel plan ‘faces collapse’

REACTION: Shock from music lovers as £30 million Ironworks hotel plan ‘faces collapse’

13 February 2025

Opponents of the Ironworks music venue’s closure have reacted with shock at the possible collapse of plans to redevelop it as a £30 million hotel.


Former council convener recalls how atomic power came to Caithness 70 years ago

Former council convener recalls how atomic power came to Caithness 70 years ago

Former council convener recalls how atomic power came to Caithness 70 years ago

11 February 2025

Ex-council convener John Young has been recalling the coming of atomic power to Caithness 70 years ago and how it brought “a great deal of benefit”.


Working to improve forces and veterans health care

Working to improve forces and veterans health care

Working to improve forces and veterans health care

08 February 2025

The NHS Highland Armed Forces and Veterans Project aimed to develop NHS Highland as a more armed forces and veterans-aware provider and employer.


Highland avalanche reports stopped for first time – after lack of snow in hills

Highland avalanche reports stopped for first time – after lack of snow in hills

Highland avalanche reports stopped for first time – after lack of snow in hills

08 February 2025

Scotland’s avalanche warning service downed tools in January when there was too little snow, and climate change is having a significant impact


£24 million Inverness Justice Centre hit by major health scare over cancer-causing gas

£24 million Inverness Justice Centre hit by major health scare over cancer-causing gas

£24 million Inverness Justice Centre hit by major health scare over cancer-causing gas

08 February 2025

Inverness Justice Centre is at the centre of a major health scare over high levels of a cancer-causing gas.


Motorhome tourist tax call renewed by Highland MSP

Motorhome tourist tax call renewed by Highland MSP

Motorhome tourist tax call renewed by Highland MSP

05 February 2025

A Highland MSP has reaffirmed her support for a tax to be imposed on motorhome visitors to the area.


NHS HIGHLAND: There are no quick fixes with supplement industry

NHS HIGHLAND: There are no quick fixes with supplement industry

NHS HIGHLAND: There are no quick fixes with supplement industry

01 February 2025

While supplements and medications may have a place, they should not be a substitute for a balanced diet and staying active, says our columnist.


‘100s of hydro jobs for Highlands’ promise – if skills training can meet industry demands

‘100s of hydro jobs for Highlands’ promise – if skills training can meet industry demands

‘100s of hydro jobs for Highlands’ promise – if skills training can meet industry demands

30 January 2025

A new report is highlighting “significant employment opportunities” for the Highlands arising from a flagship pumped storage hydro project.


Highland transport stalwart retires after nearly three decades of providing community connections

Highland transport stalwart retires after nearly three decades of providing community connections

Highland transport stalwart retires after nearly three decades of providing community connections

27 January 2025

In 1996, with a single minibus and a clear vision, Donald Mathieson, and his wife, Elizabeth, set out on a path to transform Highland transport.


Just what was this bizarre object found on the Caithness coastline? Beach cleaners puzzled over mystery find at Sannick Bay

Just what was this bizarre object found on the Caithness coastline? Beach cleaners puzzled over mystery find at Sannick Bay

Just what was this bizarre object found on the Caithness coastline? Beach cleaners puzzled over mystery find at Sannick Bay

27 January 2025

Just what was the strange object found on a north Caithness beach which carried a very clear warning message on it?


Bettyhill great yellow bumblebee emergency community gathering

Bettyhill great yellow bumblebee emergency community gathering

Bettyhill great yellow bumblebee emergency community gathering

26 January 2025

Conservation experts are joining forces to help save the rare and threatened great yellow bumblebee at Bettyhill.


Broken promises over A9 could spell death knell for SNP at Holyrood

Broken promises over A9 could spell death knell for SNP at Holyrood

Broken promises over A9 could spell death knell for SNP at Holyrood

25 January 2025

Jamie’s Journal by Jamie Stone


Celebrating 30 years of conservation at RSPB Forsinard Flows

Celebrating 30 years of conservation at RSPB Forsinard Flows

Celebrating 30 years of conservation at RSPB Forsinard Flows

24 January 2025

Milly Revill Hayward, of RSPB Scotland, shares details of the ongoing conservation work the charity is undertaking as it marks 30 years at Forsinard


LATEST: Storm Eowyn hits Highlands with travel wipe-out on planes, trains and buses

LATEST: Storm Eowyn hits Highlands with travel wipe-out on planes, trains and buses

LATEST: Storm Eowyn hits Highlands with travel wipe-out on planes, trains and buses

24 January 2025

Storm Eowyn’s first dramatic effects are already being felt in the Highlands this morning in the shape of a wipe-out of transport services.


Bizarre Wick train cancellation announcements have public bamboozled

Bizarre Wick train cancellation announcements have public bamboozled

Bizarre Wick train cancellation announcements have public bamboozled

22 January 2025

Confusion followed announcements of a train cancellation on the Wick to Inverness service on Tuesday morning with different explanations cited.


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