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The chairman of Highland Council’s recovery board has welcomed the steps being taken by High Life Highland to improve its financial position.

Highland Council is again in hot water after councillors claimed one former top executive got a golden handshake worth £475,529 last year.

North MSP Gail Ross has welcomed new funding from the Scottish Government that will help provide targeted support for care-experienced young people.

The recruitment of a new £122,812 deputy chief executive for Highland Council has been paused after uproar at a top finance committee.

High Life Highland's chief executive says he is delighted that gyms and swimming pools can reopen from the end of this month.

Non-commercial vans and/or trailers will also now be permitted.

Fresh controversy over highly-paid jobs at cash-strapped Highland Council has been sparked by adverts for two roles worth a combined £216,744 a year.

Sutherland's council housing stock is set to benefit from investment of over £1 million in the coming year, according to the local authority.

Teacher and support staff recruitment in the Highland Council area will now go ahead following the "extremely challenging" lockdown period.

PLANS to create a giant campervan and caravan park just north of the Kessock Bridge have split local opinion.

Plans to return Highland children to school next week hit a last-minute hitch when bus operators demanded extra cash.

Highland Council’s controversial education chief failed to appear at yesterday’s education committee amid ongoing acrimony over his £936 a day wage.

North councillors have given the go-ahead to an ambitious visitor attraction in Tongue which it is hoped will revitalise the area.

HIGHLAND Council is in the progress of renegotiating some school transport contracts, less than a week before schools reopen.

Opposition councillors on Highland Council say questions need to be answered after the executive chief officer for education left his post abruptly.

This column is by Jim McGillivray, one of the Highland councillors for the East Sutherland and Edderton ward.

A BOUNDARY Commission proposal to amalgamate Sutherland’s two Highland Council wards into one super ward has caused shock waves.

The service was suspended on March 23 due to the pandemic and the need to prioritise staff to provide essential waste and recycling collections.

The SNP opposition on the Highland Council are questioning the precise position of the council’s debt.