The move to ‘better serve’ the north follows Kate Forbes’ call to dismantle the local authority.
He ran off after the collision, but he left his passenger who told the police who he was.
The court heard the 57-year-old had a similar conviction before.
A sheriff warned the teenagers that they “would not live long” if they carried on driving at excessive speed.
A man and woman have been jailed for a total of 10 years and nine months for running an extensive trafficking operation for sexual exploitation.
He also admitted assaulting one man to his injury by repeatedly punching him on the head.
A 49-year-old man has appeared at court charged in connection with an alleged 29-hour siege in Castletown on Monday and Tuesday.
The man, who also faced a charge of possession of a bladed item, will appear again within the next eight days.
A man will appear in court tomorrow following an alleged serious assault in an Easter Ross town yesterday.
A 60 year old Wester Ross man who had four drink driving convictions was spared a jail sentence after running up his fifth.