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Scottish Water is calling on people to behave responsibly around watercourses such as reservoirs, rivers, lochs and beaches this weekend.
As holidaymakers flock to beaches across Caithness, a summer safety campaign from HM Coastguard urges visitors to stay safe with some rules to follow.
The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) has recorded its best-ever performance in the 2025 National Student Survey (NSS).
A sheriff showed a 90-year-old first offender sympathy by not banning him from driving.
Wick Academy have a “clear and obvious objective” – to surpass the tally of 36 points they picked up in each of the previous two campaigns.
Orkney photographer and travel writer Charles Tait will offer his unique perspective on the North Coast 500 at a John O’Groats Book Festival event.
A local weather pundit says that inland areas of Caithness could see temperatures rise into the 80s over the weekend.
A group of concerned Wick residents voiced their fears over plans for whisky warehouses to be sited near their homes.
A collaboration between Caithness CAB and Caithness Foodbank is helping to tackle poverty in the county by boosting awareness of unclaimed benefits.
Wick Academy’s final preparations for the 2025/26 Highland League campaign will involve three friendlies in eight days, all at Harmsworth Park.
Caithness Pony Club held its annual open show in Halkirk, welcoming Marion MacLennan and Katie Flo as the judges for the day.
An all-female team from Rolls-Royce at Vulcan visited the P7 class at Pennyland in Thurso during the week of International Women in Engineering Day.
A scheme providing hospital-level care for patients in their own homes has been hailed by Maree Todd as “a smart way to relieve pressure” on the NHS.
The Labour government’s energy secretary fears businesses there could ‘face damage to their competitiveness’.
A former member of Wick Players who has reached dramatic heights with his theatrical work will be hosting an event at Moray Street in Wick next week.
Meaning vascular surgery patients will take long journeys like women needing maternity and gynaecological care.
A 50-year-old man was arrested due to outstanding warrants at an address in Castletown yesterday afternoon.
An Orkney woman who cheated an elderly man out of £14,000 has been fined £2500.
Co-manager Michael Bremner admitted a first-round tie against Wick Groats in the David Allan Shield seemed like “a free hit”, but Halkirk won 3-2.
A Wick man has been jailed for 20 months for a vicious attack on a drinking buddy which a sheriff described as "dreadful and unprovoked".
A volunteer-led summer spruce-up is being planned for Wick on Wednesday, July 16, ahead of the County Show and the town’s annual gala week.
Caithness arts organisation Lyth Arts Centre has announced its successful Summer Sessions will return to Wick this August.
Graham Smith, a former member of the North of Scotland Long Distance Walkers Association, shares the story of the group’s 10th anniversary trek
Wick Co-op is set to be ‘totally transformed’ with an extensive eight-week programme of works and improvements underway.
Watten produced a club record score as they marched into the quarter-finals of the David Allan Shield with a runaway 11-0 home win against Top Joe’s.
It was another busy week at Reay Golf Club with the gents, ladies and senior sections all in action.