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Repairs expected soon on Dounreay and Vulcan commuter route
Work should start shortly on a badly rutted stretch on the commuter route for Dounreay and Vulcan workers.
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Explanation sought over percentage of C-section births for Caithness women
Healthcare campaigners want to know why almost two-thirds of births to Caithness mothers last year were by caesarean section.
School competition at Thurso’s North Coast and the Flows Church
The annual Thurso Rotary Club Primary Schools Quiz took place in front of a packed Thurso West Church (now North Coast and the Flows).
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Kyle of Tongue offers perfect first sea paddle of the year
OUT AND ABOUT WITH RALPH: It’s important to get the tides right before the Kyle empties to mud, but otherwise it’s a fine sport for an easy kayak
‘Very drunk’ passenger refused to say who was driving after wing mirror damaged
Dashcam footage was used to reveal the cause of a late-night prang in a Wick street.
End of the line – Councillor McEwan demands action on ‘invisible’ Gills Bay junction
A prominent Caithness councillor says she is at the ‘end of her tether’ over the worn away road markings at the busy Gills Bay ferry junction.
Fine for driving car with no MOT
A motorist was caught driving his car without an MOT a couple of hours before he had booked it in for a test.
PICTURES: From Ulaanbaatar to Lybster: Meet the man who hosted world leaders, dodged bombs and retired to Caithness
From Kalashnikovs to Saudi bombs, Lybster’s Michael Booker has survived it all - read about his colourful life in the Big Interview by David G Scott.
Ruraidh Stewart says ‘people feel that services have been steadily run down’
He responds to our Readers’ Manifesto as the Conservative Highland candidate.
Police found man hiding under pile of belongings in Thurso woman’s spare bedroom
Police searching for Thurso man Lee Mackenzie found him hiding in a bedroom of a woman’s house early one morning.
‘Is this what life is like for normal people?’ - Highland councillor shares ADHD experience and road to diagnosis
Highland councillor Andrew Jarvie opens up about his own experience with ADHD.
Locum GPs, tourism and letting and staying the course on clean energy
Letters to the Editor of the John O’Groat Journal
New club at Murkle, Project reveals glimpse of the past and Maternity downgrading ‘indefensible’
LOOKING BACK: News from the John O’Groat Journal of yesteryear
Challenge to Dounreay to employ and train more local workers
Dounreay’s operator is being taken to task for the small army of remote workers it employs based outwith the far north.
Liberal Democrats announce candidates for Highlands and Islands regional seats
Black Isle Councillor Morven-May MacCallum is leading the way.
Isla McCay says she wants to ‘stop the constant centralising tendencies of recent years’
Labour’s Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch candidate addresses the issues raised in our Readers’ Manifesto.
A Beacon of Hope: Highly-acclaimed solo show brings ‘The Light House’ to Staxigoe Hall
Lyth Arts Centre is set to host a powerful and ‘defiantly hopeful’ theatrical experience this May as ‘The Light House’ arrives at Staxigoe Hall.
‘Unreasonable’ 18-month hospital tests wait sparks NHS Highland apology
Health chiefs have been ordered to apologise after a patient waited 18 months for hospital tests - despite specialists saying they were needed.
‘Surprised and disappointed’: Road safety ‘buddies’ stolen from outside Caithness school
Police are looking into the theft of two road safety cut-out cops from outside a Caithness primary school.
Former Dounreay worker is new chair of Dounreay liaison group
Retired Dounreay worker and trade union stalwart David Alexander has taken over as chair of Dounreay Stakeholder Group.