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I never set out to be a writer but 22 years ago I landed myself a wee side-line; a column with The Inverness Courier.

Pickets were at Dounreay this morning as the Unite and GMB unions went on strike after rejecting a new pay offer from Nuclear Restoration Services.

Holyrood Notebook by Maree Todd

Within 15 years Caithness will have about the same number of pupils in secondary education as just one school in Inverness, according to new figures.

OBITUARY: John (Jack) Miller Dunnett MBE BSc(Agric) PhD (Edin) DUniv FRAgS. 1929-2024

The Seafarers Memorial was the backdrop as Wick played its part in a new commemoration of those who have lost their lives in the fishing industry.

A gay man from the far north recounts the experience of being given hallucinogenic drugs in a bid to change his sexuality.

The public is “shouting” for flights between Caithness, Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as to Orkney, a Thurso community councillor has claimed.

To conclude their project on the fated Titanic ship, P6 pupils at Pennyland Primary School in Thurso held a successful open afternoon event.

This week’s letters from John O’Groat Journal and Caithness Courier readers touch on a range of subjects.

Caithness crafters are said to be in uproar after a social media post suggested Trading Standards would be doing heavy-handed spot checks on stalls.

Councillors in Caithness want answers from the new boss of NHS Highland over “the significant cost” of providing locum psychiatrists in the north.

Moving onto new pastures

Jamie’s Journal by Jamie Stone

Scotland’s new first minister has been urged to focus on the Highlands, with a lack of dentists in Caithness among the issues raised by MP Jamie Stone

Thurso was not only buzzing with cruise ship tourists at the weekend but also a huge convoy of colourful historic lorries and commercial vehicles.

Northern Drift by Monique Sliedrecht

The end of a local club, should Caithness be getting a fairer share of funding and retirement messages for our former advertising manager

The Real Mackay by Dan MacKay

Retired vet Frank Stephen, whose wife Moira has vascular dementia, is to walk the 147-mile John O’Groats Trail this month for Alzheimer Scotland.