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Highland Council will ‘respond directly’ to Wick complaint about £750,000 project
Highland Council will not be responding publicly to criticism from Wick about its handling of a £750,000 Scottish Government funding programme.
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Retirement for one of Wick’s long-serving firefighters praised for his ‘dedication and resilience’
Hugo Ross – one Wick’s longest serving fire fighters – has retired after over 40 years of service.
Thurso gaming entrepreneur among UHI business competition winners for 2026
A Thurso gaming entrepreneur is among several aspiring entrepreneurs from across the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) to win awards.
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Heat and cold can impact outdoor work: Wick’s weather stats for April
Weather Watch by Keith Banks
Small Blue Day celebration – Dunnet Forest to host special day celebrating endangered small blue butterfly
All are invited to Dunnet Community Forest on May 30 for a special event celebrating the endangered small blue butterfly.
LibDems ALMOST pick-up clean sweep in the Highlands
A round-up of the Highland and Island results in the 2026 Scottish General Election.
‘Life-changing’ theatre show The Light House comes to Caithness
Writer and performer Alys Willams is bringing her ‘witty’ one-woman-show The Light House to Staxigoe Hall on May 19.
Thurso Bridgend traffic confusion, expectations of transparency, Deaf Awareness Week
Letters to the editor of the John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier
Workers down tools for general strike, ‘Halibonanza’ for Wick fishing boat and Crazy golf course ‘the worst’
LOOKING BACK: News from the John O’Groat Journal of yesteryear
Bikers rev up at Thrumster for first ever Caithness leg of international Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride
A 100-strong group of Caithness bikers are joining an international cavalcade of dapper dudes to raise money for men’s health.
Caithness drivers over 70 could face mandatory eye tests under new proposals
Older motorists across Caithness could soon face mandatory formal eyesight tests to keep their driving licences, under new UK government proposals.
BREAKING: Highlands and Islands list is last result declared in Scotland after 17 hour wait
Reform UK and Greens get 2 seats each, Tories, LibDems and SNP get 1 each.
David Green says people ‘feel forgotten’ as LibDem unseats SNP minister Maree Todd
David Green says people ‘feel forgotten’ as takes a major scalp by unseating government minister Maree Todd.
‘A totally unacceptable state of affairs’: Wick toilets are vandalised again
Vandals have struck again at Whitechapel Road – leaving a trail of destruction that included an apparent attempt to set fire to a sanitary bin.
Wick hotel’s latest whisky-tasting night takes total for charities to almost £17,000
The Nethercliffe’s latest whisky event raised £2500, divided between the Laurandy Centre and the League of Friends of Caithness General Hospital.
Turnout down by 10 per cent in all three Highland constituencies compared to 2021
Huge drops were seen in Caithness, Sutherland and Ross; Inverness and Nairn and Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch.
‘No immediate danger’: Inspection carried out after latest stonework fall from Thurso building
Checks have been carried out on a Thurso town centre hotel after fragments of stonework fell onto the pavement below.
£6m confirmed for Far North Line works
Around £6 million will be spent during major works that will close a key Highland rail line for three weeks this summer, it has emerged.
Live coverage of the Scottish Parliament elections in the Highlands from the count in Inverness
Nine seats in Holyrood up for grabs in three constituencies and the region.
‘The people always have the last word’
The Real Mackay by Dan Mackay