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Highland Heroes are crowned in Inverness
The special celebration brought together unsung heroes from across the region.
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Delays expected on 1.5km stretch of A9 near Halkirk due to resurfacing
The programme is scheduled to run for 10 working days and finish on Monday, April 20.
Friday the 13th nightmare for Thurso family as beloved cat crawls home over two days on mangled legs after suspected ‘hit and run’ incident
Friday the 13th of March turned out to be a nightmare date for one Thurso family after their cat was severely injured in a traffic accident.
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‘This job has been the honour of my life’
Holyrood Notebook by Ariane Burgess
Surfer in distress in 40-minute ordeal off Caithness coast sparks Thurso RNLI volunteers into action
Thurso RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crew last night sped to help a surfer in distress off the coast of Caithness.
Caithness residents warned over April Fool’s Day energy price cap change
Caithness households are being urged to submit meter readings to their energy supplier ahead of the new Ofgem price cap coming into force.
EXPLAINED: Why will I get two votes in the Scottish Parliament election?
May’s Holyrood election will see voters asked to cast two votes - but why?
Talks continue over future of Wick’s Carnegie library after pause on marketing
Wick’s historic Carnegie library is “surplus to requirements” but no decision has been taken on when it will be put back on the market.
Date set for first Golticlay blade lifter journey through Wick – depending on wind
The first of 33 turbine blades for Golticlay wind farm will be taken through Wick on April 7 – as long as the wind speed is below a certain level.
Scrabster ferry drugs mule jailed over £50K cocaine stash
A drugs mule who travelled on the Hamnavoe ferry between Scrabster and Stromness with more than £50,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed.
Explained: The pre-election period known as Purdah
Why does it exist and what it means for the public at large leading up to the Holyrood vote.
‘I'm doing it because I love this landscape’: Flow Country peatland professor aims to complete second 100km run through blanket bog
A peatland scientist based in Thurso is preparing to take on a “crazy” long-distance run through the Flow Country to spread the word about the area.
Riverside holiday pods in heart of Thurso rejected by Scottish Government
Plans for a holiday park with 13 capsules in the heart of Thurso have been thrown out by the Scottish Government despite the council approving them.
UPDATE: Bull dies during Wick farm blaze
The blaze at Lower Milton Farm just outside Wick that fire crews tackled for over three hours yesterday (March 25) claimed the life of a bull.
Elaine Kirby says governments ‘tax hard working people and then spend what they take as they wish’
So the Conservative Caithness, Sutherland and Ross candidate believes the economy must come first.
Future towns take shape in Caithness classrooms as part of Minecraft education project
Caithness pupils have been reimagining what Wick and Thurso might look like in the future
‘You get your life back - cry freedom!’ - reflections on kicking the cigarettes as the smoking ban turns 20
It’s 20 years since Scotland introduced the smoking ban and for reporter Alan Beresford it signaled the end of life as a smoker.
‘Come and have a chat with us’: Befriending Caithness video seeks to attract new volunteers
The vital work carried out by Befriending Caithness in tackling loneliness in the far north has been showcased in a new promotional video.
Jamie Stone in new call for Dounreay to become fusion energy hub
UK industry minister Chris McDonald told local MP Jamie Stone that he hopes the far north workforce “will play a part in Britain’s nuclear future”.
‘Come and join us’: CHAT invitation to Nicola Sturgeon over maternity comments from 2001
CHAT members who have been campaigning for years on maternity issues believe they have found an unexpected ally in the former First Minister.