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Disgust over church 'perch' for disabled

A Brora woman has described how she was "disgusted" and "appalled" by a letter sent to her from a senior official at Highland Council in relation to disabled…

Man dies in Wick accident

About 3.40pm yesterday afternoon, emergency services received reports that a one vehicle road traffic collision had occurred on the A99 Reiss to Keiss…

A need to cut our over reliance on electricity

WHETHER the newspapers covered it or not, I don’t know, but last week two of my fellow Highland councillors made thoughtful contributions to the…

Construction of wind farm will damage tourism

Sir — Further to your article in the 23rd Jan edition highlighting the community benefits which may be bestowed upon us by Muirhall Energy as part…

From our February 13th edition.

I THOUGHT I would try to re-learn the German I did at school many decades ago.

From our 13th February edition

25 YEARS AGO

From our 13th February edition

Medication lost in Dornoch

Police in Dornoch are issuing a warning and appeal for information following lost medication.

Councillors praise staff and the community

Members of the Caithness and Sutherland Area Committee have praised council staff for their reaction to the recent storm and power outages which affected…

Thurso man escapes extended sentence

A Thurso man, currently serving a jail term, escaped an extension to his sentence at Inverness Sheriff Court today.

Caithness family to run Forestry Commission starter farm in Halkirk

The first Forestry Commission Scotland starter farm in the Highlands is to be run by Sandy and Kirsteen Douglas, a local family from Quoybrae in Caithness.

Ward 3a at Raigmore closed to visitors

Ward 3A at Raigmore Hospital remains closed to new admissions following an increase in the number of patients diagnosed with flu. 

Raigmore Hospital patients move up in the world

The latest phase in a £30m, three-year project to upgrade Raigmore Hospital in Inverness has been completed and patients have been transferred…

One per cent rise in council house rents agreed

COUNCIL tenants will see their rents rise by around 71p per week after councillors agreed a one per cent increase for 2015/16.

Substation battle won but power row rumbles on in Lairg

LAIRG residents have won a campaign to stop a massive electrical substation – the size of 10 football pitches – from being built close to…

Death of Lady Jean Gilmour in house fire leaves community reeling

A SMALL Sutherland community is in shock following the tragic death in a fire of one of its oldest and most respected members.

Train disruption

There is disruption on the north rail line due to a derailed freight train between Helmsdale and Wick

From our February 6th edition

What can you say when a tragedy such as the one that hit Rosehall last weekend, occurs?

Notions of getting anything for free were very quickly stamped out

To continue from last week – the arrival of a second set of stamps for "perusal and purchase" from the stamp sellers in Eastrington, Goole, was…

No understanding of our concern

Sir – I refer to your article of the 23rd January regarding the meeting held by concerned residents of Golspie Main Street and the response by Councillor…