Highland Council

Eleven community councils across Highland have been formed, uncontested, following interim elections.

Bridge inspections in the far north will lead to temporary closures in four locations, road users are being warned.

Highland Council is to launch a recruitment campaign to fill roads vacancies in Sutherland.

Six projects aiming to improve parking and toilet facilities between Lochbroom and Durness have secured a funding boost.

PICTURES: A sand sculpture contest at Clachtoll beach earlier this month attracted a "fantastic" turnout.

This was the key message from a detailed independent report commissioned by the local authority.

The consultation period for Highland Council's "Have Your Say" initiative has been extended

The Highland Council is seeking local feedback on a public housing survey that will help it deliver new affordable housing and housing services.

The local authority was responding to the uncertainty triggered by strike action

A Thurso restaurant owner has praised the sterling efforts of recycling workers who helped reunite him with a locket containing his mother's ashes.

STRIKE action is set to hit bin collections and street cleaning across the Highlands, residents have been warned.

A Wester Ross man is seeking to pressure the Scottish Government into making the provision of rural toilets a legal obligation for local authorities.

Calls for Scottish Government to release 'chunks' of £60m pledge much faster

Links to latest advice on Avian Flu issued

The Highland Council has been shortlisted for four APSE Service Awards which celebrate excellence in local public services.

Highland Council’s visitor management plan will see £115,000 invested in hand dryers as part of improvements at public toilets.

The appointments were made yesterday at the first meeting of Sutherland Area Committee since this year’s local government election.

The Highland Council warmly welcomed this year’s new cohort of probationer teachers to the Highlands.

A Sutherland road has been closed following a “significant” landslide yesterday evening.

Many play parks in Sutherland are in a state of disrepair, but the local authority is struggling to maintain them. Nicola Sinclair looks at the issues