Environment

Work has been carried out by Highland Council to clear sand from the Esplanade area of Thurso.

A Thurso community councillor says there is no connection between the build-up of sand at the Esplanade and work at Scrabster harbour.

The bid to have the Flow Country designated as a World Heritage Site is being stepped up with a series of consultations in Caithness and Sutherland.

Contracts worth an estimated £400 million have been awarded by Dounreay as part of the ongoing decommissioning of the site.

Volunteers tidied up an ancient Caithness broch filled with a very dangerous weed at Achvarasdal.

A bid is being made to take Dunnet forest into community ownership by 2020.

There was a good turnout at Castlehill Heritage Centre for Caithness Astronomy Group's public event.

Three separate moorland blazes were tackled by firefighters across Caithness and Sutherland on Sunday.

Dorcas Sinclair was shocked when she found a drug ampoule on Dunnet beach.

Several people from north Sutherland and beyond took part in WDC training session at North West Sutherland Forest Trust’s log cabin.

A THURSO based organisation has secured a huge financial boost with a government grant.

Come and help clean up Achvarasdal broch this Sunday.

A ban is being introduced on the disposal of tyres at the Highland Council recycling centre in Thurso from next week.

NEW lampposts in a Caithness village have been criticised for illuminating the roofs of houses more than the pavement below.

Thurso residents, community groups and agencies are being invited to a consultation event to identify inequalities in service provision.

THE new owner of a popular Thurso restaurant fears that recent sandstorms could ruin his business.

FILTHY bundles of latex that have washed up on the Caithness shore may have come from the historic ocean liner the Titanic.