Sir – I read with concern, the article “Highland Council fat cats” in Am Bratach last week.
THE redundant slaughterhouse site at Dornoch is in line to be redeveloped as a supermarket, it has emerged.
?Apparently it is not dogs that need training nearly so much as their owners. At least, so I am told.
Mechanical problems leave driver mulling over what could have been...
Neil Mackay, formerly of Golspie, is tackling the Etape Caledonia on Sunday, an 81 mile cycle around the Perthshire countryside, where roads are closed…
A proposed 22-turbine windfarm at Sallachy, north of Lairg, would result in the loss of a large area of wild land, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has…
Caithness Sutherland and Ross MSP Rob Gibson has urged the UK Government to join with the Scottish Government in a concerted effort to achieve European…
Highland Council has taken immediate action to temporarily suspend operations of wind turbine installations at 16 school sites - including Dornoch Academy,…
A FATAL Accident Inquiry into the death of a former Dornoch and Golspie man in Inverness prison, from a heart attack, heard his family were so grateful…
Police in Wick are appealing for witnesses in connection with an incident of assault.
POLITICAL negotiators were locked in crunch talks in Inverness today in attempts to thrash out a new rainbow administration to run Highland Council.
FAR North rail passengers are encountering severe disruption due to an accident this morning involving a sheep on the tracks near Golspie.
Deirdre Mackay (Lab), Brora, had a convincing win in last Thursday’s Highland Council elections, taking 966 “1st preference” votes out of 2999 valid votes…
The new Red Cross headquarters for Caithness and Sutherland will throw open its doors to the public on Tuesday.
The two standing councillors in each of the two Sutherland wards have been returned in the Highland Council elections.
A couple of weeks ago we reproduced a photo of children attending Larachan Public School, near Spinningdale, in 1945/46. Here is another, from 1950.
By the time you read this, it will probably be virtually all over. We’ll know who our Highland councillors are. Now then, a personal appeal to any Northern…
A YOUNG man with strong North connections has been making a name for himself for many years on the Dutch motorbike racing circuit.
A RARE sighting of a Red-breasted Goose has been reported by a keen Brora bird watcher.
Duncan Clark, who coaches shinty to the senior pupils at Kinlochbervie High School, has been awarded Sport Scotland’s Highland and Islands Participation…