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The Highlands and Islands Climate Festival will return in September to promote community climate action across the region.

A huge police presence descended on Glamis Road in Wick today (May 19) as armed officers laid siege to a house that had three people inside.

Sobering statistics shared by Highland Council show, not only school rolls declining, but fewer houses being built in Caithness.

A 42-year-old man was arrested in connection with two incidents of assault and robbery in Wick earlier today.

Caithness badminton hotshot Mark Mackay is continuing his preparation ahead of this summer’s European Senior Championships in Belgium.

MSPs debated the Agriculture and Rural Communities Bill, which enables the Scottish Government to financially support farming and other rural sectors.

A Norwich man is alleged to have cultivated cannabis in a former tax office in Wick while acting with others.

A teenager who absconded from his care home and embarked on a crime spree was sent to detention for 20 months at Inverness Sheriff Court.

A suspected drink-driver who refused to tell police who had been at the wheel of his car was fined £400 at Wick Sheriff Court.

Green Health Week offers a packed schedule of events and activities being coordinated by colleagues from Think Health Think Nature.

Brookfield Renewable have not lost interest in going ahead with a wind farm in the north Sutherland village of Armadale.

A Thurso woman who assaulted two people at a local nightclub has been fined £300.

A Caithness crafting group says it is now running new classes that are filled to the gunwales, thanks to a successful funding bid,

A bid to get an independent review into the circumstances surrounding the closure of the Avonlea children's home in Wick has been defeated.

High Ormlie Hotspur will host Wick Groats in the semi-final of the Colin Macleod Memorial Cup on Saturday.

A Thurso man shone a torch in the face of an ambulance driver, forcing him to make an emergency stop, a sheriff heard on Tuesday.

The chairperson of a pressure group to effect changes to respite care in Caithness has condemned the council’s decision not to reinstate services.

The prospect of a return of nuclear power generation to Caithness has been welcomed with open arms by a far north councillor.

A long-time journalist with a passion for all things Caithness this week put down his notepad after retiring from the John O’Groat Journal.

Pentland United and Staxigoe United meet in the semi-final of the Colin Macleod Cup tonight.